Natural Selection Vocab Quiz

He was a naturalist and biologist published the idea of natural selection in his book “The Origin of Species”

inventor, scientist, and engineer who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone

He created the first microscope and studied the gunk on his teeth discovering bacteria which he named animalcules

He flew a kite in a storm with a key attached to it which people think lead to the discovery electricity

The humans in your neighborhood

A small local ecosystem

By encouraging competition between all members of one organism for resources

A comedy show staring Donald Glover and Chevy Chase

A small local ecosystem

Biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

The role an organism plays in its community

The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment, often measured by how many offspring it can produce

A biological community of interacting organisms and the biotic and abiotic factors that affect them

A small local community

The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment, often measured by how many offspring it can produce

A group of organisms of one species that interbreed and live in the same place at the same time

Biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment

Competition between all members of one organism for resources

A group of organisms of one species that interbreed and live in the same place at the same time

The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment, often measured by how many offspring it can produce

Female moose rarely give birth to more than one offspring per year

Bald eagles mate for life

Domestic cats find a secluded place to give birth

The Florida panther is the only populations of cougar(Puma Concolor) on the East Coast

The natural consequence of an organism being able to run, jump, climb, et cetera

Having good cardio vascular health

Having muscles that provide high-quality nutrition to predators

The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment

Differences in traits within a population of organisms

Environmental changes that happen over a brief period of time

The same traits within a population of organisms

A mathematical method that is used to approximately calculate the energy levels of difficult quantum systems

A machine that produces electricity

The 7th Star Trek movie

All of the offspring that are at the same stage of descent from a common ancestor

A change in traits within a population over time

Environmental changes that happen over a brief period of time

The role an organism plays in its community

The ability of individuals in a generation to overcome challenging environmental factors

The process where individuals with traits that enhance survival and reproduction are more likely to pass on their genes

Any heritable trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment

The eye's adjustment to light

A sudden change caused by environmental disasters

A behavior learned during an organism’s lifetime

The passing of all traits equally to offspring

The process by which predators choose which prey to hunt

The process of humans choosing which organisms reproduce to pass on desired traits

The process by which the natural environment causes different organisms to survive and reproduce based on their different traits that are best suited

The process of a species reproducing

When two different species can breed with each other and have viable, fertile offspring

A process by which harmful mutations are selected for a specialized environment

A process that leads to the formation of new, distinct species that are reproductively isolated from one another

The growth and development of an individual organism

The life cycle of certain insects that goes from egg to larva to pupa to adult

A change in the heritable characteristics of a population over succeeding generations

A sudden change within a single organism’s lifetime

A change in an organism’s DNA that can create new traits

A helpful trait that an organism develops because it needs it

A change in the environment that forces a population to adapt

Two species becoming able to mate and produce fertile offspring