Science 10-1 & 10-2 review

Camouflage is a type of ​ ​ (a)   adaptation which means a plant or animal ​ (b)   into its background.

• structural
• blends

Match the following

• common ancestor

• person who studies the natural world by watching plants & animals

• structural

• living species that are closely related

• analogous

• similar in function

  not in structure (think flying, but wings look different)

• naturalist

• adaptations that involve color, shape & other physical characteristics

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A bat's wing structure is ​ (a)   to a human's ​ (b)   which has a similar ​ (c)   structure that is linked to a ​ (d)   .

• homologous
• arm
• bone
• common ancestor

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The famous book by ​ (a)   is called ​ ​ (b)   ​ who is studied in the ​ (c)   Islands as a ​ (d)   by observing plants and animals in their natural environment.

• Charles Darwin
• The Origin of Species
• Galapagos
• naturalist

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Wisdom teeth in humans is an example of ​ (a)   because we don't really need them.

• vestigial structure
• analogous structure
• homologous structure

Finches (birds) found in the different Galapagos Island had different beaks to do what?

• find a mate

• gather food

• make different songs

• defend their territory

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​ (a)   was an English ​ (b)   ​ who lived during the ​ (c)   developed the theory of how ​ (d)   works.

• Charles Darwin
• naturalist
• mid-1800s
• evolution

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Match the following

• inherited trait which increases an organism's chance of surviving & reproducing

• variation

• the science of the development from fertilization to birth

• embryology

• slight difference in an inherited trait

• adaptation

• study of similarities & differences among living species

• comparative anatomy

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Match the following by their example.

• structural adaptation

• birds migrating

• behavioral adaptation

• duck with webbed feet

• functional adaptation

• waterproof eggshells for reptiles

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In humans, birds and reptiles, the ​ (a)   develops into a ​ (b)   on the neck that regulates ​ (c)   .

• pharyngeal pouch
• gland
• calcium

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