Misc. 1
A collection of all the fossils ever found, is referred to as ____________
What is the Fossil record.
Having many offspring increases the chance of survival, but it also creates more competition between those offspring.
What is overproduction?
Something that paleontologists study.
What are fossils?
Birds are most closely related to which of the following: 1. mammals 2. fish 3. amphibians 4. reptiles
What is 4, reptiles?
Charles Darwin studied what type of birds on the Galapagos islands?
What is Finches
A feature that allows an organism to better survive in its environment.
What is an adaptation?
All of the following EXCEPT which are adaptations for a fish? 1. uniform color 2. locations of eyes 3. body shape 4. fins
What is 1. uniform color?
Scientists use all of the following EXCEPT ______ to determine evolutionary relationships between species. 1. diseases they share 2. body structure similarities 3. DNA sequences 4. development before birth
What is 1. diseases they share?
When one organism looks like something it is not, what is this called?
What is Mimicry
Organisms that look like one species to fool potential predators, is refereed to as?
What is Mimicry
A well-tested concept that is based on many observations
What is a theory?
Small differences seen in individuals of the same species is call what?
What is variation
Features that are similar in structure but appear in different organisms and have different functions.
What are homologous structures?
The presence of a(n) _________ suggests that sharks, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and humans might all share a common ancestor.
What is a BACKBONE (vertebrae)?
Give two examples of disruptive coloration.
What is spots and stripes.
Three examples of deceptive coloration
What are spots, stripes, countershading?
True are false. Environmental changes can effect the survival of the organisms living in that environment.
What is True
The more DNA sequences two species share, the (more or less) closely they are related?
What is MORE (closely related)?
The formation of new species from a common ancestor is called?
What is Speciation.
The concept that only the strongest and most fit organisms survive to pass on their genes is knows as what?
Survival of the fittest.
A process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and pass on their traits.
What is natural selection?
Where did Neil Shubin discover the fossils they call Tiktaalik?
What is Canadian Arctic.
Some birds' beaks are shaped differently from other birds' beaks so that they can eat different types of food (example: pollen, insects, nuts). This is considered a(n) ________.
What is adaptation?
Similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor is called?
What is Homologous structure.
What was the name of the boat that Charles Darwin sailed to the Galapagos islands?
What is the HMS Beagle