Download Adaptation and Natural Selection Study Guide Next

Adaptation and Natural Selection Study Guide
Next to each of the questions is where the information can be found. Students should have these in
their own notes. If not, they can be found online at: http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/Page/88289
Information: What You Should Know
Traits:


What is a trait? (Traits, 3/2)
What are the two types of traits? (Traits, 3/2)
o What defines each type of trait?
Reproduction:


What are the two types of reproduction? (Passing on Traits, 3/6)
For each type of reproduction: (Passing on Traits, 3/6)
o How many parents
o Whether the offspring are identical or different from their parents
o What are the benefits
o Some example organisms that use that type of reproduction
Adaptation:





What is the process of adaptation? (Environment and Adaptation, 3/7)
What is an adaptation? (Environment and Adaptation, 3/7)
What is an environment? (Environment and Adaptation, 3/7)
What is camouflage? (Crypsis, 3/13)
What is mimicry? (Crypsis, 3/13)
Natural Selection:






Why do organisms have to compete over resources? (Natural Selection, 3/21)
o Are all environments the same with regards to resources?
What is natural selection? (Natural Selection, 3/21)
o What happens to organisms that are not as well-adapted?
o Do organisms see what they need and change to fit the environment? (see “A Paper
Butterfly Story”)
What is evolution? (Natural Selection, 3/21)
What is a mutation? (Mutation, 3/24)
Where do mutations come from? (Mutation, 3/24)
Why are mutations important? (Mutation, 3/24)
Artificial Selection:


What is artificial selection? (Artificial Selection, 3/28)
What are the similarities and differences between artificial and natural selection? (Artificial
Selection, 3/28)
Skills: What You Should Be Able to Do


Identify whether a given trait is inherited or acquired (Traits, 3/2)
Give examples of inherited and acquired traits (Traits, 3/2)


Match the best type of reproduction to a given situation or environment (Passing on Traits, 3/6)
Identify which type of reproduction a given organism is likely to use (Passing on Traits, 3/6)
o Note: Tuesday Starts of Week 28 are good examples of these types of questions


Relate how a given adaptation is helpful in an environment (Environment and Adaptation, 3/7)
Differentiate between camouflage and mimicry in a given example (Crypsis, 3/13)
o Note: They do overlap in nature; questions will be more clear-cut

Explain what organisms can and cannot do in natural selection (Natural Selection, 3/21)
o Example: organisms cannot change their DNA during their life or decide which traits to
pass on
o Example: organisms can pass on traits which help their offspring survive, which means
there will be more of them in the future
Order a set of examples from primitive to modern based on their characteristics
o Not in notes, but similar to the Horse Fossils activity and Starter from 3/24


Compare and contrast artificial and natural selection (Artificial Selection, 3/28)