Question | Answer |
What causes bird beaks to vary? | Adaptations |
What is a dichotomous key? | A tool used to figure out the characteristics of an orgainsm |
How do we use dichotomous keys? | One step leads to another, and once you have reached a certain point, it will lead you to an answer |
What is an adaptation? | How animals adapt to their environment to survive |
Why have insects had to adapt their mouths? | To get food from different organisms |
What type of adaptation allows reptiles to change the color of their skin? | Camouflage |
How do plants attract pollinator insects? | Bright color variation |
What is the purpose of plants having bulb root systems? | To keep the plant from blowing away |
What is selective breeding? | When humans genetically modify an animal to meet specific standards |
How have humans genetically modified the traits of dogs? | By selecting two genetically qualified parents |
What is natural selection? | The selection in which adaptations help an animal in its environment |
How do gills in fish help their survival? | Gills help fish with survival because without gills, fish wouldnt be able to breathe underwater and die |
What types of adaptations help birds fly? | Hollow bones |
Why do humans grow a second set of teeth? | Because, eventually we grow out of the first |
How do sharks and dolphins differ? | Sharks have gills, therefore letting them breathe underwater dolphins on the other hand, have lungs that can hold a large amount of air in them, so they have to come to the surface for air |
What types are only seen in dissections? | Hollow bones, and digestive systems |
What is the purpose of xylem? | To get water and nutrients throughout a plant |
What type of seed dispersal allows the seed to stick to an animal? | Pollenation |
Which type of tropism is a stimulus for roots to grow down? | Geotropism |
Which type of tropism is a reaction to sunlight? | Phototropism |