Unit 5 Natural Selection Vocab

Unit 5 Natural Selection Vocab

January 1/26

Take notes over the Vocab Words, then practice using them.

Generation

Group of individuals born and living at about the same time.

Example: You, Parents, Grandparents each are your own generation

Observation

Paying close attention to someone or something in order to get information.

Example: I see someone eating pizza.

Population

Group of people or animals living in a certain area.

Example: The population of Des Moines, Iowa is 215,636 people.

Mutation

A change in a living things DNA.

Example: Tom is color blind, so he was born with a mutation in his DNA.

Environment

Everything around us, living or non living.

Example: All our surroundings include air, soil, water, plants, and animals.

Environmental Factor

Factor that can impact living organisms.

Example: weather, temperature, sunlight

Mate

To come together to make offspring (children).

Examples: These birds mate for life.

Trait

A quality that makes one person, animal, thing different from another.

Example: Eye color, hair color, skin color, height, etc.

Habitat

A place that animals lives. It gives them food, water, shelter

Example: A fish lives in the habitat of an ocean.

Camouflage

A way of hiding something by covering or coloring so it looks like its surrounding.

Example: A chameleon can hide itself from its enemies.

Natural Selection

Process through which populations of living things change over time.

Example: Green tree frogs can hide in a green environment.

Competition

Struggle between living things for territory, resources, mates, etc.

Example: Animals compete for the same food.

Reproduction

Offspring (children) are produced from parents.

Example: Reproduction happens after two living things mate.

Adaptation

Special skills that helps an animal to survive and do everything it needs to do.

Example: Ducks have webbed feet to help them move through water.

Multiple Choice

Which one best describes a mate?

• A change in a living things DNA.

• Factor that can impact a living organisms.

• To come together to make offspring.

• A quality that makes one person, animal, thing different than another.

Fill in the Blank

Give an example of an environmental factor.

Open Ended

What is a habitat?

Multiple Choice

Which one best describes a population?

• A way of hiding something by covering or coloring so it looks like its surroundings.

• To come together to make offspring (babies).

• Everything around use, living or non living.

• Group of people or animals living in a certain area.

Multiple Select

Check all answers that would be part of an environment.

• People

• Rocks

• Sun

• Dirt

Open Ended

What is camouflage?

Fill in the Blank

A mutation is when there is a _________ to the DNA.

Multiple Choice

Which one best describes a generation?

• Group of individuals born and living at about the same time.

• Paying close attention to someone or something in order to get information.

• Group of people or animals living in a certain area.

• Factor that can impact living organisms.

Open Ended

Give an example of an observation. "I see...", "I feel...", "I smell..."...

Open Ended

Name an adaptation that a cheetah has and why the need it.

Multiple Select

Check all the options that are an explain of a trait.

• Eye Color

• Weight

• How you act

• Nose Shape

Open Ended

Use competition in a sentence.

Multiple Choice

Which of these would NOT be an example of natural selection?

• Green tree frog hiding or covered up by green leaves.

• A lion eating a antelope.

• A bunny use its light color to hide in the snow.

• A chameleon using camouflage to protect itself.

Fill in the Blank

Reproduction is when ________ are made.