Galapagos Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What was the primary cause behind Darwin's finches developing into different subspecies? (a) Droughts (b) Competition for resources (c) Different microclimates of each island (d) Selective mating (e) None of the above C) Each kind of finch has a different beak because natural selection has selected for the beak that optimizes the most abundant food source in the particular climate that the specific birds live in. Because each of the Galapagos islands had such different microclimates, th...

endemic species CORRECT ANSWER live in only one or a very small number of places (eg island or lake) cosmopolitan species CORRECT ANSWER species that occur in most regions of the world Galapagos island CORRECT ANSWER - Many endemic species - 500 spp. of vascular plants are endemic -92% of species of land birds are endemic - 26% of marine birds are endemic Biological adaptation CORRECT ANSWER an anatomical structure, physiological process or behavioural trait of an organism that has e...

BioBeyond- Galapagos Exploration |Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Updated & Verified Which of the following statements about the Galapagos are true? - answerThe Galapagos are a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean. For much of their history, the Galapagos Islands were not significantly influenced by human interaction Select all creatures below that are native to the Galapagos. - answerNot monkey Hood Tortoises - answerWrinkly greenish yellow skin big shell Nazca Booby - answerOra...

Who is the father of Evolution? correct answer: Charles Darwin What did Darwin observe on the Galapagos Islands? correct answer: a. turtle shells and adaptation b. birds c. close islands and different climates What did Darwin note about the adaptations of the tortoises on the island? correct answer: the shape of the shell corresponds to the different habitats, (long necks and short necks) (curved and dome shells) Darwin correct answer: observed finches on the Galapagos Islands, fo...

ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) BIOLOGY: Identify Evolutionary Change Mechanisms 40 Questions Correctly Answered | 100% Rated Question 1 What conclusion did Darwin draw from the finches he observed at the Galapagos Islands? Possible Answers: Organisms will evolve in order to fill unoccupied niches in their environment. Finches will all live in the same area of a tree, regardless of species type. Birds reserve a herd mentality, and will aspire to remain similar in appearance to one another...

Daniel Dennett states, "If I were to give a prize for the best idea any body ever had, I'd give it to Darwin for the idea of natural selection." What did Darwin's idea unite? - ANSWERUnites the world of purposeless, meaningless matter and motion and the world of meaning and purpose design What were the consequences of Darwin's ideas on British society? - ANSWERevolution was unorthodox against natural history in Great Britain, jeopardized the standing of science and of a stable society of...

BIO 101 Exam 1 Questions and Answers(SCODaniel Dennett states, "If I were to give a prize for the best idea any body ever had, I'd give it to Darwin for the idea of natural selection." What did Darwin's idea unite? - ANSWERUnites the world of purposeless, meaningless matter and motion and the world of meaning and purpose design What were the consequences of Darwin's ideas on British society? - ANSWERevolution was unorthodox against natural history in Great Britain, jeopardized the standi...

McMaster Bio 1M03: Exam 2024/2025 Questions with all the correct Answers (Real Actual Exam). Why might Pasteur's experiment be inconclusive? - ANS - The swan-necked flask broth may not support cell growth, or the broth was poisoned. Experiment did not confirm hypothesis that all cells come from pre-existing cells Why are replicates important in experiments? - ANS - To ensure that results were not achieved by random chance What is the definition of a replicate? - ANS - Unit that shares a c...

Elements that organisms require to grow and reproduce correct answer: Hydrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur Similarities in arm structures of animals result from what factors ... correct answer: Certain bones are similar because all of these animals are mammals with a shared common ancestor. These bones and limbs are actually very different with different uses. Shared features in many organisms results from ... correct answer: shared common descent and evoluti...

MTEL General Curriculum Exam Questions & Answers 2024 Marie Curie - ANSWER-Studied radioactivity. Won Nobel Prize for physics and chemistry. First woman to win one and first person to win two. Discovered the element radium. Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev - ANSWER-Created the periodic table of elements. Nicolaus Copernicus - ANSWER-Came up with the idea that the Earth and other planets revolve around the sun. At the time, people believed that the Earth was the center of the universe. Fr...