EVOLUTION

TOXIN ADAPTATIONS

• Toxin adaptation refer to when organisms become toxic to predators to avoid becoming dinner
• One example of this is poisonous mushrooms. These mushrooms became poisonous to avoid being eaten by predators

MIMICRY ADAPTATIONS

• Mimicry Adaption is when an animal mimics another ti scare off any possible threats
• This can be found in Costa Rica where bugs mimic plants and hide from predators

CAMOFLAUGE ADAPTATION

• A camoflauge adaptation is when an animal changes its look in order to blend in with it's surroundings and hide from predators
• This can be found on trees where owls use camoflauge to blend in with the surroundings

STABALIZING SELECTION

• Stabalizing selection is the favoring of animals with the average genes instead of the extreme
• One example is the human birth weight. Babies in the medium weight are preffered because they are easier to give birth to and dont get infections so easily

DISRUPTIVE SELECTION

• Disruptive selection is the opposite of stabalizing selection, where the extremes are preffered over the medium variants
• An example is rabbits where only the extreme fur colors are chosen

DIRECTIONAL SELECTION

• Directional selection is when one extreme trait is chosen over the other traits
• One example is girrafes. Only girrafes with the extreme long neck trait were chosen to survive

SEXUAL SELECTION

• Sexual selection is when one sex prefers certain attributes in the other sex

DIVERGENT EVOLUTION

• Divergent evolution is when a species of animals start to differ and eventually make a new species

CONVERGENT EVOLUTION

• This is when organisms that are not related start to form similar features

COEVOLUTION

• Coevolution is when 2 organism change simutanousely due to each other