Natural Selection
Charles Darwin or Alfred Wallace
Geologic Time Scale
Evolution
Adaptations
100
Natural Selection is
What is the process where the best suited individuals pass on their characteristics to their young that help them adapt and survive in their environment?
100
Wallace was a ______________ known for _____________ butterflies.
What is scientist known as a collector?
100
How old is the earth?
What is 4.6 billion years old?
100
In which of the three rock types you expect to find fossils? ________________
What is sedimentary?
100
Brown mice and white mice in a population is an example of
What is color variation?
200
Common ancestors, adaptations, variations, mutations and natural selection are are necessary to ____________.
What is evolution?
200
Darwin was known for getting __________ sick.
What is sea?
200
The Cambrian is a __________.
What is a period?
200
_____________ ___________, ___________ _________, ___________ __________and fossils are all evidence of evolution.
What is comparative embryology, geographic distribution, homologous structures
200
Which would most likely live longer on white sand? A white colored mouse or a white mouse with brown stripes? Why?
What is a white mouse? A white mouse would be camouflaged from predators and live long enough to reproduce.
300
Without _________ ________ an organism cannot evolve. Assume natural selection is working in the population of organisms!
What is varied traits, varied characteristics or mutations?
300
Which scientist developed the Theory of Natural Selection?
What is both Wallace and Darwin?
300
When did shelled organisms first appear on Earth?
What is during the Cambrian Period?
300
All species of plants and animals have common ancestors. Species change from one form into other forms over long periods of geologic time through a process known as natural selection. This is a definition for _________________.
What is evolution?
300

Adaptation is a ___________ ______________ that allows organisms to live successfully in its environment.

What is a behavior or physical characteristic? Could also be a behavior or structural characteristic.

400

Natural selection is a process where the _______ ________ or fittest individuals live long enough to breed and pass on their genes to their young.

What is the best suited?

400
Darwin studied two types of birds in the Galapagoes - name them. This is from the movie!
What are finches and mockingbirds?
400
What is the longest Period or Era?
What is the Precambrian Period or Era?
400
What are three necessary components that allow evolution to happen?
What is variation, adaptations and natural selection?
400
Name three adaptations that would benefit a predator found in the African grasslands. Explain
What run fast, see long distances, have long claws, camouflage fur, hear very well, etc.?
500

Name the author of the book Darwinism written in 1889? This is from the movie.

Who is Alfred Wallace?

500
On each side of Wallace's Line there are two types of mammals - name the two types of mammals.
What are placental / monkey types and marsupial / kangaroo types? Marsupials are on the Australian plate and monkeys are on the Asian plate.
500
When did the Pangaea landmass begin to break up and move apart?
What is during the age of dinosaurs or 300 million years ago.
500

____________ is the process of an organism changing and ____________ to its environment over time.

What is evolution and adapting?

500
Name three adaptations that would benefit prey found in the African grasslands? Explain
What is camouflage fur, ability to hear predators, run fast, be agile, small size, ability to climb trees, good eyesight, etc.?
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