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Natural SelectionESL
Reviews vocabulary used in NYS Beaks of Finches Lab
Question | Answer |
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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 |