Is a trait that helps animals to survive at specific environments
What is an adaptation?
100
What does the word inherited mean?
Something transferred from a parent to a son or daughter through the genes
100
Examples of learned behaviours
Making a sandwich
Tying a knot
Being polite
100
What is DNA?
The genetic material in all our cells that makes us unique
100
What are mutations?
A change in the sequence of DNA
200
Examples of adaptations
Thick fur
Body color
Body structure
200
What is behaviour?
A way of acting
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Which of these is a learned behaviour?
a) Having long eyelashes
b) Having curly hair
c) Heading south in the fall
d) Liking peanut butter sandwiches
d) Liking peanut butter sandwiches
200
What are the 4 base pairs of DNA?
Adenine, Guanine, Thymine, Cytosine
200
What is natural selection?
The process that selects the organisms with the best adaptations to a certain environment to survive while the others perish
300
Is migration an adaptation?
No, it is an inherited behaviour.
300
What are inherited behaviours also called?
Instincts
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Is learned behaviour something you are born with?
No, you learn it through experiences
300
Guanine always goes with what base pair?
Cytosine
300
What is an example of natural selection?
Giraffes with long necks could reach higher leaves on trees and survive while the ones with short necks couldn't reach their food so they died
400
Why are adaptations important?
Because they allow organisms to survive in certain environments
400
Examples of inherited behaviours in animals
Birds protect their eggs and babies by instinct, Migration of animals
400
How do we learn these behaviours?
By looking at our parents, older siblings and by learning from our mistakes
400
Thymine always goes with what base pair?
Adenine
400
Why is natural selection important in life?
Because it allows the best adaptations that organisms have to be passed to their offspring and help them survive
500
What would happen if a polar bear didn't have the adaptation of thick fur?
It would not be able to survive; it would freeze to death
500
What is the difference between inherited and learned behaviour?
Inherited is transferred through DNA from parent to offspring and you are born knowing it, learned behaviour is something you acquire through experience
500
Would swimming be considered a learned or an inherited behaviour in dolphins? In humans?
Inherited in dolphins, learned in humans because we are not aquatic
500
Would life be able to exist if there was no DNA? Why?
No because DNA has the instructions to create every organism