Mutations
Most mutations are.
What is neutral?
Define variation.
What is different traits (looks, appearance..ect) for the same species.
Hollow Bones
Xylem
Gills
What are adaptations for birds, plants, and fish?
Survival of the fittest.
What is natural selection?
A useful tool when identifying organisms.
What is a dichotomous key?
Define mutation.
What is a change in an organisms DNA.
Red, purple, yellow hermit crabs.
What is variation.
Define adaptation in your own words.
What is a beneficial (good) variation that helps an organism survive and reproduce?
Define Natural Selection.
What is the environment selecting the most fit organism to survive and reproduce.
The Genus in Aurelia aurita
What is Aurelia? Fun fact that is the scientific name for a moon jelly.
Two types of mutations.
Mutagen and mistake in cell division.
Charles Darwin's Galapagos finches.
What is variation among beak size.
Long neck giraffes are now the only animal we know, how did this happen?
What is long neck giraffes having a beneficial adaptation that allowed them to survive and reproduce better than short necked giraffes.
Define artificial selection and the alternative word.
What is human interference by selecting which organisms reproduce for preferred traits?
What is selective breeding?
The first two steps when using a dichotomous key.
What are selecting the organism, then starting with the first series on the dichotomous key?
2 examples of mutagens
What are cigarette smoke, radiation, and chemicals.
The importance of beneficial variations.
What is adaptations that help an organism survive and reproduce?
Describe the flow chart representing variation, mutation, and adaptation.
What is mutation cause variations in a population and good variations that help an animal survive and reproduce become adaptations.
Giraffes having longer necks over time, finches having larger beaks during a time of drought.
What is natural selection?
The third and fourth step when using a dichotomous key.
What are selecting the best statement for your organism then following the directions that go with the organism?
How are mutations important to species changing over time.
What is causing variation within a population?
Variations you had on your Rat Island.
An original rat and a mutated rat.
Ducks migrating.
Bears hibernating.
What is a behavioral adaptation.
Teacup poodles, farmers developing larger ears of corn, corgis.
What is artificial selection (selective breeding)?
The last step when using a dichotomous key.
What is continue until you reach the name of your organism?