Adaptations

Front

Why might some plants have thorns?

Back

to stay safe from animals that want to eat the plant

Front

Why might some grasses grow deep roots in hot dry areas?

Back

to reach water down below

Front

Coloring or another physical characteristic that help an organism blend in with its environment

Back

camouflage

Front

The four different types of beaks shown in the diagram of Galapagos Islands finches are most likely the result of:
- gene manipulation
- natural selection
- unchanging environmental conditions
- patterns of behavior learned from parents

Back

natural selection

Front

Which characteristic is necessary for natural selection to occur in a species? Options: stability, variation, complex cellular organization, a very low mutation rate

Back

variation

Front

The different tools used during the beaks of finches lab represented

Back

feeding adaptations in finches

Front

"Survival of the Fittest" describes which theory? Options: a) natural selection, b) gravity, c) heredity, d) string theory

Back

natural selection

Front

What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

Back

To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

Front

Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

Back

Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

Front

Mutations are a change in what?

Back

DNA