Vocabulary
Natural Selection
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Natural Selection
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People
Bonus
100
Proper term for, "survival of the fittest"
What is Natural Selection?
100
Can an organism "CHOOSE" to evolve and change?
No, organisms CANNOT CHOOSE to change their genes or traits!
100
Does natural selection typically take a long time or a short time?
What is a Long time?
100
The man who proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Who is Charles Darwin?
100
What is the main substance used to make crayons?
Wax
200
What is a change in a gene that results in a new trait?
What is a mutation?
200
What is most likely to happen to moth populations in the picture shown if they live in an area with trees that have light gray bark?
Dark moths--hunted easily, dark moths--population decreases.
200
In a population of mice there are tan and black mice. If the mice live in the environment on the right of the picture, which color will become most common and why?
Black, because they are better camouflaged with the rocks
200
This man came up with the theory of natural selection as the same time as Darwin, but did not become as famous.
Who is Alfred Russel Wallace?
200
What is a group of crows called?
Murder
300
What is a change or difference in offspring called?
What is a variation?
300
Yellow beetle and green beetles live in the rainforest canopy. You would expect this population to increase:
What is the green population will increase and the yellow will decrease?
300
An organism with high fitness would...
What is, survive and reproduce?
300
What did Malthus do?
What is, as more offspring are born, competition increases?
300
What is the only U.S. state with a one syllable name?
Maine
400
What is artificial selection?
The process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits.
400
What would happen if the environment changes drastically and no organisms have fitting adaptations?
What is a species could go extinct?
400
Bones or other structures in different organisms that are similar in shape and structure but server a different purpose.
This indicates a common ancestor
What are homologous structures?
400
This man would say that giraffes have long necks because they stretched toward the trees and grew.
Who is Lamarck?
400
How many players are on a soccer field for one team if that team has a player with a red card?
10
500
What are structures that remain in modern organisms from ancient relatives that no longer serve a purpose. Ex: Appendix and wisdom teeth
Vestigial Structures
500
Short tails mess up a cat's balance, long tails drag on the ground causing wounds and infection, what type of selection will occur?
What is stabilizing selection?
500
A population of snails has natural variation, some have pointed shells others have larger round shells. Crabs eat the snails, regardless of shell shape. Will natural selection occur? Why/Why not?
What is, natural selection will not occur because none of the variations increase fitness.
500
These two scientists were the first to propose that earths surface is the result of many gradual changes taking place over a long period of time.
Who are, Hutton and Lyell?
500
What singer/songwriter went on a tour in 2013-2014 called The Red Tour?
Taylor Swift