Which one of these does NOT provide evidence of evolution?
A. similarities in DNA
B. similarities in body structures
C. similarities in hair color
D. similarities in early development
What is similarities in hair color
100
Where did Darwin discover many unusual life forms?
What is the Galápagos Islands
100
What are traits determined by?
What is genes
100
What is "any difference between individuals of the same species"?
What is variation
200
What do scientists look at to infer the structures of an organism?
What is a fossil
200
What was the name of the British ship Darwin was on?
What is the HMS Beagle
200
Why have extinction rates increased in recent years?
What is human activities
200
What is "a specific characteristic that an organism can pass to its offspring"?
What is trait
300
What record provides clues about how and when a new species evolved and how organisms are related?
What is the fossil record
300
How many species of organisms have scientists discovered on earth?
What is 1.6 million
300
What are the most diverse ecosystems in the world?
What is tropical rainforests
300
What is "a well-supported and widely accepted explanation of nature"?
What is scientific theory
400
What acids can scientists compare in a protein to see how closely two species are related?
What are amino acids
400
What can the inhabitants of the Galapagos Islands tell by looking at a tortoises shell?
What is the island the tortoise lives on
400
How can a new species form?
What is isolation
400
What is "the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than other members of the same species"?
What is natural selection
500
What physical characteristic do chickens, fish, turtles, and pigs, have in common during the early stages of development?
What is tiny slits along their throat or tails
500
What is the name of Darwin's book?
What is "The Origin of Species"
500
How many species do scientists think the deep ocean alone could contain?
What is 10 million
500
What is "similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor"?