Darwin
That's Amazing!
Vocabulary
Vocab 2
Spring What?
100
The HMS Beagle.
What ship did Darwin sail around the world?
100
The fastest creature in the world.
What is the Peregrine falcon? Can dive at speeds over 200 mph.
100
Intentional breeding of plants or animals.
What is a artificial selection?
100
Organisms that are not closely related have evolved similar traits due to similar environments.
What is convergent evolution?
100
Starts on March 11 at 2:54.
What is SPRING BREAK!
200
When did Darwin sail around the world
1831-1836
200
The steepest wooden roller coaster in the world.
What is the Texas Giant?
200
A model that says slow changes occur over a long period of time and lead to new species.
What is gradualism?
200
The DNA and proteins used to trace evolutionary relationships.
What are biological molecules?
200
What we will do on Sunday, March 13.
What is Spring forward?
300
What is Darwin know as?
The Father of Evolution
300
The horn of this animal is made of compacted hair rather than bone.
What is a rhinoceros?
300
The movement of genes into or out of a population due to migration.
What is gene flow?
300
When a random change in allele frequency occurs in a population; may occur following a natural disaster.
What is genetic drift?
300
The Vernal Equinox, March 20.
What is the first day of Spring?
400
This is how Darwin believed species evolved.
What is gradualism?
400
They can accelerate from 0 to 45 mph in 3 seconds and reach speeds of 70 mph.
What are cheetahs?
400
Formation of new species; results of evolution by natural selection.
What is speciation?
400
When mates are selected based on specific traits.
What is non-random mating?
400
He is the Boss, musically speaking.
Who is Bruce SPRINGsteen?
500
The island on which Darwin did much of his observations.
What are the Galapagos.
500
This animal lays the largest eggs in the world.
What is the ostrich? Can weigh 3-5 lbs and equals about 2 dozen chicken eggs!
500
A structure in an organism that is reduced in size and function; traces ancestry.
What is a vestigial structure?
500
Process by which individuals that have favorable variations and are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce.
What is natural selection?
500
It starts in February for the Texas Rangers.
What is Spring Training?
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