A trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
Adaptive trait
A trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
Non-adaptive trait
A specific characteristic of an individual organism
Trait
A group of individuals born and living at about the same time
Generation
Any difference in traits between individual organisms
Variation
A group of the same type of organism living in the same area
Population
When animals change their behavior or appearance in response to changes in the environment
Adaptation
A characteristic that can be passed from parent to offspring through genes is called:
Trait
A blowfish is able to puff itself into a round, spiky ball when a predator approaches. This is an example of...
An adaptive trait
An instruction for making a protein molecule
Gene
The process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations
Natural selection
How do genes get passed from one generation to the next?
Reproduction
True or False: The environment determines whether or not a trait is adaptive.
True
True or False: A population will not go extinct if they do not adapt.
False
True or False: Individuals with adaptive traits become more common in a population.
True
A population is likely to go extinct if they have ______ traits.
Non-adaptive
