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Natural SelectionESL

Reviews vocabulary used in NYS Beaks of Finches Lab

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mutations and sexual reproduction cause _______ variation genetic
The small ground finch eats or _______ on small seeds. feeds
finches with different beaks were competing for the ________ food, small seeds. same
beaks of different shapes and sizes that help finches eat different seeds are feeding __________ adaptations
Finches competed for the same food. Some finches died but finches with better adaptations survived. struggle for survival
There is _____ of offspring because finches lay dozens of eggs. overproduction
Finches overproduce their offspring so that there is a better ____ that some babies will survive. chance
example of an adaptation with high adaptive value small beak for small seeds
example of an adaptation with low adaptive value large beak is not good for eating small seeds
Galapagos Islands has trees with small and large seeds and rainfall. This is the finches' _______. environment
An environmental factor that affects finches survival is_____. drought
overproduction, genetic variation, struggle for survival, reproduction and adaptation, competition are processes that cause______ Characteristics of natural selection
a person is to a pencil sharpener as ______ is to evolution natural selection
Natural selection leads to small changes in populations over time. These small changes build up to make big changes or ______. evolution
Two finches have offspring so those offspring are the first ______ of their two parents. generation
Two species of finch live on the same island and eat different food so they can _____. coexist
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