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Provide an example of an adaptation.

giraffes have long necks to eat leaves from tall trees

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What is being shown in the image?

Geologic Time Scale

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What does survival of the fittest mean?

organisms best adapted to the environment will produce more offspring

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Describe directional selection.

Selection that favors extreme type traits.

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What is an analogous structure?

Structures with the same type of function but not a similar internal makeup (ex: insect wings vs bird wings)

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Describe disruptive selection.

Selection that favors both extreme type traits.

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Provide an example of variation in a population of butterflies might vary.

wing shape, size, pattern, etc.

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How does variation in a population occur?

Random mutations

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What are the four main components of natural selection?

variation, heritability, overpopulation, differential fitness

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Which period occurred further back in Earth's history--Jurassic or Permian? EXPLAIN.

Jurassic--time gets more recent as you move down the time scale.

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How do the wings of a bat and the fin of a whale provide evidence for evolution?

These structures are homologous (same bone types) indicating that these organisms were related by a common ancestor.

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What makes a trait "heritable"?

It can be passed on from parents to offspring via DNA.

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Owls have large eyes to see prey during the night time. Large eyes increase an owl's fitness and are an example of an..

adaptation

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