Galapagos Island
The Galapagos Islands are 563 miles off the shore of what South American Country?
What is Ecuador?
The islands off the coast of Ecuador where Charles Darwin observed the characteristics of animals and plants?
What are the Galapagos Islands?
Overtime traits that are essential to an organisms survival are passed on to future generations is known as.
What is survival of the fittest?
This is the number of different species of finches living in The Galapagos Islands?
What is 13?
This arctic animal adapts to its environment by using its white fur to blend in with the snow and ice? It can bare the cold.
What is a polar bear?
The Galapagos Islands were formed by this underwater magma?
What are Volcanoes?
In addition to observing living organisms Charles Darwin also observed these preserved remains of ancient organisms?
What are fossils?
A change that a living thing goes through so that it fits better with its environment is known as?
What is an adaptation?
Finches recognize members of their own Species by these two ways?
What are song and sight?
When an animal imitates another animal or object to avoid predators, it is called?
What is mimicry?
Charles Darwin studied these different Species of birds inhabiting The Galapagos Islands?
What are Finches?
Charles Darwin described this idea as a inherited characteristic that increases an organisms ability to survive and reproduce in a specific environment?
What are adaptations?
Behavior that is natural rather then learned?
What is an instinct?
What physical trait varies the most between the species?
What is the beck?
Certain animals or insects use this term to blend in with its environment so not to be eaten?
What is Camouflage?
Peter and Rosemary Grant continued Darwin's studies on this Galapagos Island?
What is Daphne Major?
The concept that each living species has descended, with changes from other species over time in known as what?
What is descent with modification?
This is what happens to unnecessary traits during the process of natural selection?
What is gradually disappear?
Even though Darwin's 13 finches are categorized by different species it is believe they are the offspring of this?
What is a common ancestor?
Bright colors on an animal could mean it is dangerous or it could just a way to persuade a predator because it usually means the animal is what?
What is poisonous?
This type of tropical storm changed the vegetation on the Galapagos Islands in 1983 and again in 1991?
What is El Nino?
One of Charles Darwin theories of evolution states that individuals are produced each generation inheriting traits that assist them in survival is known as?
What is Natural Selection?
This is the goal of both physical and behavioral adaptations?
What is survival?
This married couple have spent over 40 years continuing Charles Darwin's research on The Galapagos Island Daphne Major?
Who are Rosemary and Peter Grant?
These are two ways amphibians develop in order to adapt to their changing environment?
What are lungs and limbs?