Evolution and Adaptation
1) Explain adaptive radiation and how the different paper forms made by “finches” helped or hurt that particular finch species?
Adaptive Radiation is the evolution of an ancestral species, which was adapted to a particular way of life
into many diverse species, each one of them adapted to a different habitat.
Answers corporation, Columbia Encyclopedia 2104. Adaptive radiation ( Internet ). ( Cited March 8, 2014 ) Available online: http://www.answers.com/topic/adaptive-radiation.
Different Paper Form
A study made by Charles Darwin went traveled to Galapagos discovered that the different beaks were adaptations to diets available among the islands.
Darwin
2- With the" prey" survival data you collect, graph survivor ship over time by each species.
3- Explain how behavioral adaptations may lead to genetic changes in a population.
Behavioral Adaptions may lead to generic changes in a population because include activities that help animal survive. Also can be learned or Instinctive. ( a behavior an animal is born with ).
Adaption Web quest , 2014.Structural Behavioral Adaptation ( Internet ). ( Cited March 9, 2104 ) Available online: http://adaptationswebquest.weebly.com/structural-behavioral.html
1 ) A species that has a physical adaption that may allow its predator not to be able to eat it or find it. Explain what this behavioral adaption.
Rattlesnake
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Rattlesnakes can camouflage to its environment, predators like eagles can't see them, even eat them.
Snowy Owl
R The snowy old has the capability of surviving in places where is extremely cold. Theirs beautiful feather helps them to keep their bodies warm from high temperatures.
3) A species that has a physical adaption that allows it to survive from its predators.
Armadillo
Armadillo are animals that live in the nature as others, and sometimes they are attacked by predators, they have a hard shell that protect them from it.
4) An example of mutualism in nature. Explain what mutualism is in this case
In this case the oxpecker land on the zebra and eat ticks and others parasites that live on the skin. The oxpeckers get their food and the zebra get pest control.
5) An example of commensalism in nature. Explain how your picture represents commensalism.
Squirrel
In this picture we see an example of commensalism where the squirrel obtain a benefit in eating the cones of the tree, while the tree doesn't get any damage or benefit from the squirrel.
6) An example of mimicry in nature. Explain what the mimicry is in this case.
Leaf Mantis Butterfly
In this example we see this insect that look like a green leaf but is a an insect.
7) One species from your country ( plant animal insect etc. ) that has an adaption that lets it survive in your country. Explain.
Geoffrey Spider Monkey
They consume ripe fruit, and live in the dense forest of Nicaragua and other countries of Central America. This specie of monkey can live in places where it contains between 20 to 42 member of species of monkey.
