Adaptations And Chnage Over Time

Question 1

Sexual reproduction

Answer 1

The production of a new living thing by two parent organisms

Question 2

Asexual reproduction

Answer 2

A new organism(s) are produced from one organism

Question 3

Species

Answer 3

A group of organisms that share similar characteristics and can reproduce

Question 4

Adaptation

Answer 4

A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce

Question 5

Evolution

Answer 5

The gradual change in a species over time

Question 6

Scientific theory

Answer 6

A well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations

Question 7

Natural selection

Answer 7

• The process by which organisms that are best adapted to their environment are most likely to survive + reproduce

Question 8

Variation

Answer 8

differences between individuals of the same species

Question 9

Behavioral adaptation

Answer 9

An adaptation that includes the way an organism behaves or acts

Question 10

Structural adaptation

Answer 10

Physical characteristics that allows an organism to survive

Question 11

Physiological adaptation

Answer 11

A biochemical function that makes an organism better suited for its environment

Question 12

Hibernation

Answer 12

Long term torpor that is an adaptation to winter cold and food scarcity

Question 13

Migration

Answer 13

A movement of an organism from one region to another

Question 14

Selective breeding

Answer 14

• process by which humans only breed organisms with desired characteristics

Question 15

Environmental pressures

Answer 15

Challenges or characteristics in the environment that make survival more difficult

Question 16

Geotropism

Answer 16

Response to earths gravity, as the growing of roots downward in the ground

Question 17

Phototropism

Answer 17

The orientation of a plant or other organism in response to light