Vocabulary
Cladograms
Basic Facts
Who's Naturally Selected?
Evidence for Evolution
100
It's a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment.
Adaptation
100
Based on the cladogram below, which animals are amphibians?
Frog & salamander
100
Who was one of the first people who developed the theory of evolution?
Charles Darwin
100
Both of these moths live in dark colored bark trees, where they are eaten by birds.
Dark colored moth
100
This bone shown here is an example of a useless structure found in a whale. Why is it there? Because its ancestor used to use it!
Vestigial structure
200
It's the process of how living things change over time.
Evolution
200
In this cladogram, who evolved last?
T. rex
200
What famous location off the coast of South America was a pivotal part in helping Charles Darwin to begin theorizing the concept of evolution?
Galapagos Islands
200
The longer necked giraffe
200
All these animals have the same parts, but have evolved to use them differently.
Homologous structures
300
It's the process of how a new species is created.
Speciation
300
In this cladogram, which animal is LEAST like the rest of them?
Swordfish
300
What was the name of the boat Charles Darwin sailed on as he traveled across the world?
HMS Beagle
300
The orange beetle
300
Comparing the anatomy of these structures can show how our ancestors developed in the past.
Embryos
400
In the first step of speciation, what needs to happen to a population of organisms?
Isolation
400
Who is the the common ancestor of the frog, alligator, and T. rex?
B
400
What animal inspired Darwin's work on evolution?
Finch
400
Who would fare better in the desert?
The smaller chihuahua.
400
Based on this diagram of comparative DNA, who is LEAST related to the human?
lamprey
500
This study deals with how organisms are classified.
Taxonomy
500
Name the animals that have an amnion.
Lizard, chicken, chipmunk, cougar.
500
In 1859, Darwin published a book about his findings called ____.
The Origin of Species
500
CHALLENGE AN OPPONENT TO ANSWER THE NEXT QUESTION
500
Even though they all swim, if you look carefully, they use different bones to do so. This means they all separately evolved the ability to swim.
Analogous structures