Guppy

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/guppy

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific name?Poecilia reticulata
2. Where do guppies come from?Guppies originally live in warm, shallow streams and rivers in northeastern South America and Caribbean islands like Trinidad, Venezuela, and Barbados.
3. Why can guppies live in many different waters?They can handle changes in salinity, temperature, and water quality, so they can survive in many kinds of freshwater habitats.

Viviparous: Reproducing by giving birth to live young that have developed inside the body of the parent.
Sexual Selection: A mode of natural selection in which members of one biological sex choose mates of the other sex to mate with, and these chosen mates are likely to reproduce more than it is וכך, the traits they display become more common.
Model Organism: A non-human species that is extensively studied to understand particular biological phenomena, with the expectation that the findings will be applicable to other species.
Phenotypic Variation: The observable differences in the structure or function of individuals within a population, arising from genetic and environmental influences.