lesson 1 early study of evolution
what is the definition fossil?
what is the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past?
what is a mechanism?
what is the natural process by which something takes place?
what is fitness?
what is the ability to survive and reproduce in an environment
what is an embryo?
what is a young organism devolped from a zygote?
what is a protein?
what is a long strand of amino acids
what is the meaning of the root word for hypothosize?
what is foundation
what is necessary for new variation?
what is a mutation
what is the first way a gene can mutate?
what is a copying error
how do fossils form?
what is being buried in sediment
what causes all differences among organisms?
who developed the first scientific system for classifying and naming living things?
who is Carolus Linnaeus
what is epigenetics?
what is the study of changes to DNA that turn genes on or off
what can cause coevolution?
what is cooperation
what are stromatolites?
what are rock formations made by fossilized bacteria
what can cause DNA transfer?
what is engulfing another cell
From where did European blackcaps migrate to the UK?
what is central europe
what type of water is needed for fish life?
what is oxygenated water?
why did Darwin oversimplify evolution?
what are mutations
what is frozen in amber on page 445?
what is a mosquito
what protein helps repair breaks in DNA?
what is Mre11-Rad50
what did the president in 1949 recieve as a gift?
what is a pair of white squirrels
what pigeon did Darwin help create from the wild rock dove (or pigeon)?
what is the fantail pigeon?
what color were the mandrin ducks on page 435?
what is lavender
what are crinoids relatives to?
what insect is the screwworm related to?
what is a moth