Evolution
Traits
Fossils
GMOs
100
What is most likely to happen to moth populations in the picture shown?
What is light moths hunted easily?
100
Why are helpful traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
What is they allow the organism to survive and reproduce?
100
How do fossils provide evidence that evolution has happened on Earth?
What is fossils show how life forms present today are different than those from the past?
100
A farmer has bred his pineapple plants from the sweetest pineapples in his last harvest to get even sweeter pineapple plants next time. What is this an example of?
What is selective Breeding or artificial selection?
200
The embryos of different species start out looking very similar. What does this mean?
What is they share a common ancestor?
200
Natural Selection is driven by a change in the environment and survival of the _.
What is the fittest?
200
Within the fossil layers, what layer is the oldest?
What is the bottom layer?
200
Which process is involved with genetic engineering?
What is humans chosing individuals with desirable traits to parent the next generation?
300
A fossil of an extinct dinosaur is found and the anatomy of the fossil shows similarities to that of a bird. What could this mean?
What is the extinct dinosaurs and modern birds share a common ancestor?
300
What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?
What is to be able to eat the food readily available in the environment?
300
Within the fossil layers, what layers is the youngest?
What is the top layer?
300
A positive reason(s) to genetically modify (GMOs) foods include...
What is
- Produce larger fruits
- Produce foods that grow faster
- Make pest resistant vegetables?
400
In recent years "SuperBugs" (bacteria that aren't effected by antibiotics) are becoming more and more common. How could natural selection explain this?
What is superbugs survive antibiotics and reproduce?
400
Variations are caused by _.
What is mutations?
400
What do you know when a fossil came into existence within the rock layers?
What is the layer it is first found in?
400
A concern(s) about genetically modified foods (GMOs) include...
What is
- Risk to human health
- Maybe harmful to ecosystems
- Loosing the original genetic line of the food source?
500
If species A and B have very similar genes and proteins, what is probably TRUE?
What is species A and B share a relatively recent common ancestor?
500
A fish fossil is recently found in rock layers covered by grass. What can we infer?
What is the land was covered by water at one point?