WorksheetsScience 10-1 & 10-2 review
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 13mins
Camouflage is a type of (a) adaptation which means a plant or animal (b) into its background.
Match the following
adaptations that involve color, shape & other physical characteristics
structural
person who studies the natural world by watching plants & animals
naturalist
living species that are closely related
common ancestor
similar in function
not in structure (think flying, but wings look different)
analogous
A bat's wing structure is (a) to a human's (b) which has a similar (c) structure that is linked to a (d) .
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.
Wisdom teeth in humans is an example of (a) because we don't really need them.
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
(a) was an English (b) who lived during the (c) developed the theory of how (d) works.
embryology
the science of the development from fertilization to birth
variation
slight difference in an inherited trait
adaptation
inherited trait which increases an organism's chance of surviving & reproducing
comparative anatomy
study of similarities & differences among living species
Match the following by their example.
birds migrating
behavioral adaptation
waterproof eggshells for reptiles
functional adaptation
duck with webbed feet
structural adaptation
In humans, birds and reptiles, the (a) develops into a (b) on the neck that regulates (c) .
structural adaptation
tortoise's neck shapte
behavioral adaptation
hunting at night
functional adaptation
drop in temperature during hibernation
Why are advantageous (superior) traits more likely to be passed off onto offspring?
they come from recessive alleles
more likely to reproduce & survive
come from dominant alleles
the trait is an acquired phenotype
If a giraffe with a longer neck than average would have a survival advantage of the other giraffes if:
there is more competition for food that is lower
the air temperature goes down
new diseases appear that infects the giraffes
a drought occurs limiting the amount of water
