Meet My Grandmother
Made a Mark!!
A While Back...
Seasick!!
Bookworm
Pick Me!!
Getting There
100
Helps us understand the purpose and reasons for our physiology and anatomy
What is evolution?
100
Fossils in which a film of carbon remains after the other elements of the organism have decayed.
What are imprints?
100
Hawaiian honeycreepers all have similarities in skeletal and muscular structure but each species varies in the structure of this.
What is the bill?
100
Geographic isolation can create a new species over time. This process is called:
What is speciation?
100
This is the name of the book that Darwin authored regarding his Theory of Natural Selection
What was The Origins of Species?
100
The process by which organisms with favourable variations survive and reproduce at a higher rate
What is natural selection?
100
An example of this type of evolution:
What is coevolution?
200
These have evolved into an enormous variety of diverse organisms
What are simple, unicellular organism?
200
A type of fossil in which an impression of the shape or track of an organism has survived.
What is a mold?
200
Structures that are embryologically similar, but have different functions
What are homologous structures?
200
The pelvic bones of snakes qualify as this type of structure.
What is a vestigial structure?
200
The Beagle sailed from Plymouth Sound on this date?
What was December 27, 1831?
200
An inherited trait that increases an organism’s chance for survival in a certain environment
What is an adaptation?
200
Genetic Drift is change in the allele frequency of a population due to....
What is Random Chance
300
The theory that species change over time
What is evolution?
300
The rock most fossils are found in.
What is sedimentary rock?
300
Have the same function, but they are not derived from a common ancestor and have undergone different patterns of development.
What are analogous structures?
300
His thoughts on school in Cambridge: “My time was wasted, as far as the academical studies were concerned.”
Who was Charles Darwin?
300
The Beagle return to Plymouth Sound on this date.
What is October 2, 1836?
300
Large Feet, Strong Swimmer, and White Fur may be considered excellent ______________found on a Polar Bear.
What are adapations?
300
The large number on Honeycreepers is an example of this type of evolution.
What is divergent evolution?
400
Traces of once-living organisms. Most commonly found in sedimentary rock.
What are fossils?
400
The ________________ of fossils is determined from their position in the sedimentary rock.
What is relative age?
400
What is homologous structures?
400
Darwin be chosen as the naturalist on this ship:
What was the HMS Beagle?
400
An ornithologist studied his collection of birds from these islands.
What are the Galapagos Islands?
400
With the publication of this book by Darwin, biology was changed forever. The book sold out in 1 day.
What is The Origin of Species?
400
Evolution occurs largely because of the interaction between a species and this.
What is the environment?
500
Most fossils are formed from theses. Be specific!!
What are bones, teeth, shells ad woody stem?
500
The period of time it takes for one half of the radioactive material to decay
What is the half-life?
500
Organs that seem to have no function!!!. Our tailbones have no purpose.
What are vestigial organs?
500
A clear example of evolution from a common ancestor:
What is embryonic development?
500
The species of birds Darwin studies on the Galapagos Islands?
What are finches?
500
An evolutionary pattern in which many related species evolve from a single ancestor.
What is adaptive radiation?
500
Tropical bats and the flowers they gather nectar from have undergone this:
What is coevolution?
600
Insects can be trapped in the yellow sap released from trees!! It is also called amber when it hardens.
What is resin?
600
The presence of pelvic bones in the baleen whale is evidence of which type of structure?
What are Vestigial structures
600
The process in which organisms that are not closely related independently evolve similar features. Similar traits developed to perform a similar task.
What is convergent evolution?
600
The protein which is necessary for aerobic respiration, is found universally in aerobic organisms.
What is cytochrome c?
600
The most noticeable difference in finch species:
What is bill specialization?
600
The process of two or more related species becoming more and more similar. The red fox and the kit fox are an example.
What is divergent evolution?
600
Natural selection relies on this principle.
What is survival of the fittest?
700
Were frozen in the Arctic ice have been dug up with their skin, bones and muscles perfectly preserved!
What are woolly mammoths?
700
A process that determines the age of organic matter using carbon isotope.
What is Carbon dating?
700
By examining these four factors, there is clear evidence of evolution of a specie.
What are common ancestors, structures, biochemistry and the development of organisms alive today?
700
Structures with the same parts but have different functions, suggesting that organisms with a backbone share common ancestry is called…
What are Homologous Structures
700
This fossil collected by Darwin on his travels, is from a creature the size of a hippo:
What is a rodent?
700
When unrelated species become more similar in appearance. They have adapted to the same kind of environment.
What is convergent evolution?
700
Scientist from the 1800’s were aware of homologous and vestigial structures but they did not openly discuss it for this reason.
What is "it was frowned upon by the church"?
800
.This guy sailed around the world on his HMS Beagle
Who was Charles Darwin?
800
Genetic Drift is most likely to occur in this type/size of population.
What are smaller populations?
800
Since resources are limited, this leads to the demise of some individuals, while others would survive
What is competition?
800
The theory of ‘common descent with modification’ suggests all organisms have descended from this
What is a "single Ancestoral species)?
800
He found that dark moths did better near cities and light moths did better in the clean countryside
Who is H.B. Ketterwell?
800
The joint change of two or more species in close interaction.
What is coevolution?
800
The wings of moths and the wings of birds serve similar functions but differ in structure. They are an example of this form of evolution.
What is convergent evolution?