Darwin and his influencers
Mechanisms of change
Evolution of Populations
History of Life on Earth
Vocab
100
Darwin traveled around the world on____.
What is the HMS beagle?
100

A permanent change in the DNA sequence.

What is a mutation?

100
A group of individuals in the same species living in the same area that interbreed.
What is population?
100
Earth is ___ years old
What is 4.6 B?
100
A quality that makes one person or thing different from another.
What is a trait?
200
The islands that are associated with Charles Darwin
What are the Galapagos Islands?
200

Inherited characteristics that increase survival. 

What are adaptations?

200
Natural selection for mating success.
What is sexual selection?
200
Shows how new groups of organisms arose from previously existing ones
What is the fossil record?
200
An explanation of an aspect of nature that can be supported by facts.
What is a theory?
300
____ proposed the principle of gradualism.
Who is James Hutton?
300

The movement of genes between populations


What is gene flow?

300
Evolutionary change in populations
What is microevolution?
300
The theory that describes the movement of the continents
What is the theory of plate tectonics?
300
An observation repeated and confirmed by many observers
What is a fact?
400

____Is responsible for the principle of use and disuse.

Who is Lamarck?
400

Survival of the fittest is commonly associated with this phrase.

What is natural selection?


400
When the population size has dramatically decreased due to a sudden change in environment.
What is the bottleneck effect?
400
The number of mass extinctions that have occurred
What is five?
400
A change in traits over time
What is evolution?
500
The FULL title of Darwin's book.

What is On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.?

500

The bottleneck and founder effect are a type___.


What is genetic drift?

500
A population that is not evolving
What is the Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium?
500
The super continent.
What is Pangea?
500
Remains of organisms from the past
What is a fossil?
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