Rainfall and bird beaks Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

_________ is the science of classifying living things. - taxonomy _________ is the science of classifying living things. - Taxonomy A ___ group does not contain the most recent common ancestor - polyphyletic A _________ group consists of the most recent common ancestor and some of its descendants. - paraphyletic A ______________ group consists of the most recent common ancestor and all of its descendants. - monophyletic A ______________ group does not contain the most recent common ancest...

Gizmos Student Exploration: Rainfall and Bird Beaks Answer Key

Rainfall and Bird Beak gizmo questions and answers 100% correct The finch population of a remote island is 1000 finches on average. Choose the statement that best describes the climate during the five years shown in the graph below. A year of drought followed by four years of average or above-average rain In the graph below, which year most likely had the lowest rainfall? Year 2 A population of Galapagos finches was monitored over a five-year period. Based on the graph below, wh...

AP BIOLOGY Student Exploration: Rainfall and Bird Beaks Gizmo Student Exploration: Rainfall and Bird Beaks Vocabulary: adaptation, beak depth, directional selection, drought, evolution, natural selection, range, stabilizing selection Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) During the voyage of the HMS Beagle (1831–1836), the young Charles Darwin collected several species of finches from the Galápagos Islands. Two of Darwin’s finches are shown below. Which specie...

Describe the 3 types of natural selection. Select and trait different that body size and create figures to illustrate these concepts. - correct answer 1. stabilizing (most egg size produced at mean value) 2. directional 3. disruptive (finches with medium size beaks are rare so the two other extremes are favored) What environmental changes were associated with the change in beak size? - correct answer changes in seed size for feeding. example of directional selection Describe 4 traits of th...

Exam (elaborations) GIZMOS Rainfall and Beaks gizmo Student Exploration: Rainfall and Bird Beaks Vocabulary: adaptation, beak depth, directional selection, drought, evolution, natural selection, range, stabilizing selection Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) During the voyage of the HMS Beagle (1831–1836), the young Charles Darwin collected several species of finches from the Galápagos Islands. Two of Darwin’s finches are shown below. 1. Which species do yo...

Exam (elaborations) GIZMOS Rainfall and Beaks gizmo Vocabulary: adaptation, beak depth, directional selection, drought, evolution, natural selection, range, stabilizing selection Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) During the voyage of the HMS Beagle (1831–1836), the young Charles Darwin collected several species of finches from the Galápagos Islands. Two of Darwin’s finches are shown below. 1. Which species do you think is best adapted to a diet of small, ...

This worksheet covers Darwin's four pillars and gives you a real life example with birds