Natural Selection
The natural disaster that caused the Rock Pocket Mouse's environment to change from tan to black
What is a volcano?
One of the largest carnivores ever documented, fossil evidence of this dinosaur was retrieved this century, showing a large sail-like structure along its back
What is spinosaurus?
The names of the two freshmen guidance counselors
Who are Ms. Siemion and Ms. Stover?
A form of academic writing used often this semester to make a statement, back it up with facts, and use logic to explain your stance.
What is a CER?
A group of animals who are similar enough to one another that they can reproduce and their kids can also have kids
What is a species?
A characteristic or feature of an organism
What is a trait?
Changes in a population over millions and sometimes billions of years
What is evolution?
Algebro, wrestling coach, and awesome goatee sporter
Who is Mr. Spiwak?
The acronym you shall use (and explain!) when asked for evidence of natural selection
What is VIDA?
When two populations of what was once a single species becomes so different that they are considered two different species
What is speciation?
Some examples include predation, climate, and availability of appropriate food sources
What is a selective pressure?
Some physical feature that remains because of our ancestry, but that is no longer used
What is a vestigial trait?
The date of our first day back after Christmas break
What is January 6?
The acronym used to describe the process of speciation
What is OINK?
The particular species of salamander that demonstrated some evidence of speciation around the Central Valley in California
What is Ensatina?
A random change in the DNA sequence, these slight alterations can be good, bad, or neutral, and some give rise to variations in a trait
What is a mutation?
What is a homologous trait?
The official title/name of the principal at BBCHS
Who is Dr. Tingley?
A form of low-temperature precipitation that we have seen shockingly little of this semester
What is snow?
Represented by the "I" in OINK, this creates reduced gene flow between two populations of the same species
What is isolation?
The PHysical appearance of an organism (e.g., blue eyes, black hair, olive skin, etc.)
What is a phenotype?
Considered to be the transitional/mid-point organism between modern-day birds and conventional dinosaurs, this animal had teeth, feathers, and hollow bones enabling it to fly
What is Archaeopteryx?
In order of appearance, the subjects assessed by the ACT
What is English, Math, Reading, and Science?
An abbreviation for the substance that makes up our genetic information
What is DNA?
Kids who can have their own kids
What are viable offspring?