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According to your notes, what answer choice best describes Darwin's Study of the Galápagos Islands' tortoises?
saddle-backed tortoises have a high shell edge, allowing them to stretch their long necks
domed tortoises have long necks and legs and live in areas with high vegetation
saddle-backed tortoises have a low shell edge, allowing them to stretch their short necks
domed tortoises have long necks and legs and live in areas with low vegetation
According to your notes, what answer choice best describes the difference in physical traits of an individual from other individuals in the group to which it belongs.
variation
adaptation
artificial selection
heritability
According to your notes, what answer choice best describes a feature that allows an organism to better survive in its environment.
variation
adaptation
artificial selection
heritability
According to your notes, what answer choice best describes the process by which humans change a species by breeding it for certain traits.
variation
adaptation
artificial selection
heritability
According to your notes, what answer choice best describes the ability of a trait to be passed down from one generation to the next.
variation
adaptation
artificial selection
heritability
According to your notes, what answer choice best describes a mechanism by which individuals have inherited beneficial adaptations produce more offspring on average than others do in nature.
natural selection
population
variation
overproduction
According to your notes, what answer choice best describes more than one individual of a species that live in an area.
natural selection
population
variation
overproduction
According to your notes, what answer choice best describes the heritable differences, or variations, that exist in a population are the basis for natural selection.
natural selection
population
variation
overproduction
According to your notes, what answer choice best describes having many offspring raises the chance that some will survive.
natural selection
population
variation
overproduction
According to your notes, what answer choice best describes structures that perform a similar function (e.g., flight) but are not similar in origin.
fitness
biogeography
homologous structures
analogous structures
vestigial structures
According to your notes, what answer choice best describes a measure of the ability to survive and produce more offspring relative to other members of the population in a given environment.
fitness
biogeography
homologous structures
analogous structures
vestigial structures
According to your notes, what answer choice best describes the study of the distribution of organisms throughout the world.
fitness
biogeography
homologous structures
analogous structures
vestigial structures
According to your notes, what answer choice best describes features that are similar in the structure but appear in different organisms and have different function (e.g. human hand, bat wing, mole foot).
fitness
biogeography
homologous structures
analogous structures
vestigial structures
According to your notes, what answer choice best describes remnants of organs or structures that had a function in an early ancestor (e.g. wings of an ostrich).
fitness
biogeography
homologous structures
analogous structures
vestigial structures
According to your notes, what answer choice best describes Darwin's study of the finches.
large cactus finches have thick beaks and can feed on large, hard seeds that require strength for crushing
small tree finches have biting strength at the tips of their beaks for large seeds that require strength
large cactus finches have thick beaks for tearing small vegetation
all finches have the same beak size
According to the Galapagos with David Attenborough episodes in class, how far are the Galápagos Islands from the South American continent?
6 miles away
60 miles away
600 miles away
6,000 miles away
According to the Galapagos with David Attenborough episodes in class, the younger islands of the Galápagos Islands are located in what direction?
south
north
east
west
According to the Galapagos with David Attenborough episodes in class, the older islands of the Galápagos Islands are located in what direction?
south
north
east
west
According to the Galapagos with David Attenborough episodes in class, what answer choice best describes when Charles Darwin arrived on the Galápagos Islands?
48 years ago
84 years ago
148 years ago
184 years ago
According to the Galapagos with David Attenborough episodes in class, which one of the answer choices is NOT true of the marine iguana?
they developed the ability to swim underwater for food
they are able to spit out the excess salt from the ocean
they have dark skin to absorb sunlight
they most likely migrated from the Asian continent 600 miles away
According to the Galapagos with David Attenborough episodes in class, which one of the answer choices is NOT true of the Galápagos Islands?
they were created by coral solidifying over time
they are 4 million years old
there are some islands that have sunk to the bottom of the ocean
each island has a unique species of tortoise
According to the Galapagos with David Attenborough episodes in class, pirates used to pick up tortoises from the Galápagos Islands so they can eat them after a long period of time at sea. They do this because tortoises can go on without starvation for a certain period of time. What answer choice best describes how long a tortoise can survive without food before it dies?
hours
days
months
years
According to the Galapagos with David Attenborough episodes in class, what answer choices best describes the most impactful predator / animal to the preservation of the Galápagos Islands?
predatory hawks
predatory snakes
the tectonic movements
human beings
According to the Galapagos with David Attenborough episodes in class, what is the possible language in which Galápagos species of lava lizards communicate with one another?
by speaking Lizard to one another
by specific animal vocal sounds
by whipping their tails back and forth
by press-ups
According to the Galapagos with David Attenborough episodes in class, one of the following answer choices is NOT a uniquely studies organism of the Galápagos Islands.
tortoises
finches
snails
marine iguanas
jaguars
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