Study Guide 4th Quarter

Question 1

Sexual reproduction

Answer 1

When sperm fertilizes an egg to make a zygote

Question 2

Asexual reproduction

Answer 2

When an organism copies itself

Question 3

Species

Answer 3

Groups of different types of animals

Question 4

Evolution

Answer 4

Populations changing over time so they adapt to their environment well

Question 5

Adaptation

Answer 5

Species changing over time to survive

Question 6

Scientific theory

Answer 6

A theory scientists make up with a lot of facts supporting it

Question 7

Natural selection

Answer 7

Species that survive and reproduce live rather than species that don’t adapt well

Question 8

Variation

Answer 8

Different types of differ animals, organisms, that help create diversity

Question 9

Behavioral adaptation

Answer 9

Behaviors that help an organism survive

Question 10

Structural adaptation

Answer 10

Physical parts that help an animal survive

Question 11

Physiological Adaptation

Answer 11

A biochemical function

Question 12

Hibernation

Answer 12

Animals sleeping when food is scarce

Question 13

Migration

Answer 13

When organisms moving to a place they can survive

Question 14

Selective breeding

Answer 14

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Question 15

Environmental pressure

Answer 15

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Question 16

Geotropism

Answer 16

Plants that grow towards the earth

Question 17

Phototropism

Answer 17

Plants growing towards light