Galapagos island - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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...

AICE MARINE SCIENCE, Chapter 11 Review (JHumps) Questions and Answers 100% Pass Birds increase chance that young will survive - Correct Answer ️️ -Providing parental care of the young and selecting nesting sites away from predators Seabird adapted well to humans - Correct Answer ️️ -gulls Chorion of amniotic eggs - Correct Answer ️️ -For gas exchange Sea turtle social behavior is primarily - Correct Answer ️️ -Solitary (except during mating periods) Penguins preyed on by...

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ENWC 201 - Final Exam (Best) Questions And Answers Ecological Succession - ANS Primary succession: occurs where no community previously existed (volcanic island) ~ secondary succession: occurs where there are remnants of a previous community ~ pioneer community: the first step in succession ~ climax community: the final step in succession Niche - ANS The functional role of an organism considered in the environment in which it lives; it's "job." ~ A niche is multidimensional ...

OCEAN 320 Midterm Exam | Questions and Answers (Complete Solutions) Which of the following is NOT a reported issue related to PCB in Beluga Whales in the St Lawrence seaway? -impaired mammary glands -rare cancerous tumors - heart disease -reduced birth rate What best describes a "Neuston" in the context of life in the ocean? -it is a philosophy for "new age" ocean thinking -it is s deep-sea life form found to have high levels of POP chemicals -It is related to shallow water ecosystems -It ...

NR 602 Exam 1 Questions and Answers Already Passed 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 ...

Evolution - Charles Darwin embarked on a sea voyage to South America in 1831. He noticed while visiting the Galapagos Islands that finches that lived on the different islands appeared to have beaks that were perfectly suited for cracking open the seeds found on the island they lived on. - These types of observations led Darwin to his ideas about how organisms change over time (evolution). - Darwin hypothesized that as populations grow, they inevitably must reach a point where there will be mor...

Anaximander (610-546 BC) - Speculated that: --early animals rose from the ocean --humans came from the mouths of giant fish --and, complexity rose from simple life Aristotle (385-322 BC) - --advocated the importance of "observation" --wrote "History of Animals" - describing and classifying animals --wrote "Scala Naturae" - organizing living things along scales of "perfection" Biological Evolution - change in populations over time Comte de Buffon - -In 1779, made a new estimate of...

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History of Oceanography Exam Questions and Answers Created first detailed ocean floor map, crossed the atlantic 14 times in 2 years - Answer- German Meteor Expedition Located the Marianas Trench - Answer- Challenger II The 2 Individuals who were the first to descend into the deep sea (3028 feet) - Answer- Otis Barton and Will Bebe Advance that made it possible to see the bottom - Answer- sonar The century in which there was a change in sea exploration - Answer- in class he said 18th but...