Darwinism
What was The Beagle
ship that Charles Darwin traveled on
Which type of rocks are fossils found?
Sedentary rock
The humerus, radius, and ulna are examples of these in vertebrates
What are forelimb bones?
This molecule carries genetic information in all living things
DNA
This scientist proposed natural selection
Charles Darwin
Where did Darwin go to study different species
The Galapagos Islands
Fossils are preserved remains of these
Living organisms
These structures have reduced or no apparent function
vestigial structures
Fewer differences in DNA means organisms are this
More closely or less closely related
More closely related
Individuals best suited to their environment are most likely to do this
survive and reproduce
What birds did he study?
Finches
In evolution, fossils are used to show this over time
change (or evolution)
This type of structure has the same function but different anatomy?
analogous or homologous structures
analogous structures
This tool uses DNA differences to estimate how long ago species split
Molecular clock?
Traits that help survival are passed on through this
inheritance
What other animal did he study in the Galapagos Island?
Tortoises
In a creationist view, fossils are often explained by this major event
global flood
These structures share the same basic design due to common ancestry?
Analogous or homologous structures
homologous structures
DNA is often described as this type of “record” of evolutionary history
history book
Over time, populations do this as helpful traits increase
evolve
What was the Origin of the Species?
Darwin's book published in 1859
Fossil records are considered this because not all organisms fossilize
incomplete or complete
incomplete
In a creationist view, similar structures are explained by this concept
Common design
This type of DNA is inherited from the mother and used in comparisons
Mitochondrial DNA
Changes within a kind are often described as this
variation or adaptation