Traits for Survival
These body structures, like sharp teeth or claws, help an animal catch prey.
What is a physical trait?
Male frogs croak loudly to attract females. This is an example of this kind of trait.
What is a behavioral trait (for reproduction)?
What amount of water seems best for sunflower growth, and how do you know?
300 mL because the bar is biggest.
A scientist notices that sunflower plants always face toward the sun, which is an example of this.
What is a behavioral trait?
To suffer or die from lack of oxygen.
What is suffocation?
This type of adaptation allows an organism to blend in with its surroundings.
What is camouflage?
Peacocks fan out their colorful tails to show off to potential mates. This trait helps increase chances of this.
What is finding a mate to help him reproduce?
What does the graph suggest about the relationship between foxes and rabbits?
The more rabbit, the more foxes; the less rabbits, the less foxes.
A lizard’s green body helps it hide in grass. This trait helps protect it from this threat.
What is predation?
The surroundings where an organism lives, including living and nonliving things.
What is the environment?
A cactus has spines that protect it from being eaten and also provide shade.This protection is helping the cactus survive what?
What is predation?
Birds building fancy nests to impress a mate is using this kind of trait.
What is behavioral trait?
What conclusion can you draw about the effect of leaf hairs on insect feeding?
The more leaf hairs, the less leaf damage.
OR
The less leaf hairs, the MORE leaf damage.
A gardener notices that tomato plants given compost grow taller than those without. The compost is this part of the experiment.
What is an independent variable?
A way of acting that will help an animal attract a mate.
What is courtship behavior?
Fish have gills which helps them remove oxygen from water so they can survive under water and survive the threat of this. (Hint: "ation" word)
What is suffocation?
Kangaroos have a pouch, which is a physical trait specifically for this.
What is caring for offspring?
Based on the graph, what is the most likely reason more fish die in July and August?
There is less oxygen in the pond during those months.
A student designs a paper airplane and changes the wing size to make it fly farther. This is an example of this process.
What is the engineering process?
The requirements that must be met for an engineering solution to be successful.
What are criteria?
Rabbits often freeze in place instead of running when they sense danger, which is an example of this type of trait.
What is a behavioral trait?
Organisms that don't have traits that help them successfully reproduce could lead to this.
What is extinction?
Which wing size would be most successful for wind dispersal, and why?
large because the seed stayed in the air longer
A scientist grows two groups of plants: one with fertilizer, one without. She keeps water, sunlight, and temperature the same. These factors that don’t change are called this.
Controlled variables (or controls)
A plant has a waxy coating on its leaves, which helps the plant survive what threat?
What is dehydration?