Theories and Laws
Common Ancestry
Genetic Variation
The Theory of Evolution
Natural Selection
100
This attempts to explain why something happen in the natural world
What is a scientific theory
100
This is the main part of the body that scientists study to support the belief that multiple species share a common ancestor
What is the skeleton?
100
Describe Genetic Variation
What is a difference in physical traits between individuals in a species?
100
This is the result of a species that is unable to adapt to a changing environment
What is extinction?
100
Describe survival of the fittest
What is only the strong will survive?
200
This offers a description of events that happen within the natural world
What is a scientific law?
200
Based on available evidence, scientists believe that the modern day whale is evolved from this distant relative
What is a 4 legged land mammal?
200
During his voyage, Charles Darwin discovered Galapagos finches with a certain genetic variation. He theorized that these differences allowed the birds to survive in their environments. This is the genetic variation that he noticed
What is different shapes and sizes of beaks?
200
This naturalist was the first person to suggest that evolution was the result of small genetic changes in a species over time
What is Charles Darwin?
200
These are some examples of environmental factors (biotic or abiotic) that require a species to adapt to survive
What are climate, food source, or predators
300
This must be presented for a scientific theory to be changed over time
What is new evidence?
300
Based on the image, scientists could assume that these two species share a common ancestor
What is the bat and the human?
300
This is described as an advantage that allows certain species to survive better in a changing environment
What is an adaptation?
300
Define evolution
What is the process by which a species changes over time?
300
This is the result of what happens when a species adapts and survives in a changing environment (2 parts)
What is reproduce and pass on desirable physical traits
400
Earth's solid outer crust is separated into plates that move over the molten upper portion of the mantle. This leads to the formation of mountains, rifts, and volcanoes
What is a scientific theory?
400
Based on the above image, this could be a physical trait both amphibians and primates have to support that they share a common ancestor
Answers will vary
400
List 3 examples where adaptations can help a species to survive in a changing environment
a (name of animal) may have (adaptation) that allows it to (how does it help)
Answers will vary
400
Name two factors that contribute to the theory of evolution
What is:
1. A struggle to survive due to limited resources
2. Some species have adaptations that give them an advantage
500
An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
What is a scientific Theory
500
Describe Fossil Record
What is the complete list of fossils discovered throughout history
500
This is how genetic variation contributes to the theory of evolution
What is the belief that variations are adaptations that give a species an advantage and allow them to better survive?