Week 1

Question 1

Are there more vertebrates or invertebrates?

Answer 1

invertebrates

Question 2

Science

Answer 2

an approach to understanding the natural world

Question 3

Natural Selection

Answer 3

Darwin’s proposed mechanism of evolution interacts with mutation which results in adaptation

Question 4

Evolution

Answer 4

change over time

Question 5

How many steps of scientific inquiry are there?

Answer 5

5

Question 6

What are the steps of scientific Inquiry?

Answer 6

make an observation, generate questions, make a hypothesis, design a test for the hypothesis, and generate data that supports/refutes the hypothesis

Question 7

Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics

Answer 7

Lamarck’s theory of evolution is organisms can pass on traits developed during their lifetime to their offspring, and changes from environmental factors or usage of different body parts can be inherited by the next generation

Question 8

What led to the concept of natural selection?

Answer 8

Darwin went on a 5-year long journey looking at stuff all over the world and thought that we should domesticate plants

Question 9

Requirements of Natural Selection (4)

Answer 9

variation in traits, trait variation is inherited, competition, and favorable traits survive better

Question 10

How does natural selection contribute to biodiversity?

Answer 10

It leads to adaptation, and diversification that can form new species and can be supported empirically

Question 11

Do individuals evolve?

Answer 11

No, populations evolve, not individuals

Question 12

How did COVID naturally select from Delta to Omicron?

Answer 12

due to genetic mutation that happens randomly

Question 13

Universal Adaptation

Answer 13

a biological feature or behavior that is common across a wide variety of species or environments