Means having the ability to be passed on to offspring
What is heritibility
100
Means populations change as they from place to place
What is adaptive radiation
100
Did alot a observations on these islands
What is Galapagos
100
Who developed this idea of evolution
Who is Darwin
100
This scientist incorrectly hypothesized that acquired characteristics could be passed on to offspring
Who is Lamarck
200
Define convergence
What is the adapting of a shared, beneficial characteristic or behavior
200
Define divergence
What is the adapting to different beneficial characteristics or behaviors
200
Name the book he wrote
What is On the origin of Species.
200
Name an adaptation of an elephant and ant.
What is trunk and exoskeleton
300
These are differences among individuals within a population
What is variations
300
Name two animals he observed and studied
What is finches(birds), tortoises
300
Name three characteristics of natural selection
What is overproduction, competition for resources, fitness and heritibility
300
Name two predecessors to Darwin
Who are E. Darwin, Buffon, Lamarck and Malthus
400
These are beneficial characteristics or behaviors that all members of a population have
What is adaptations
400
define species
What is a group of individuals that can successfully reproduce to give fertile offspring
400
Complete the following statement -
"-------------------------, the more related you are."
What is The more things you have in common,
400
Describe how a giraffes long neck came to be
What is shorter neck giraffes were selected against because they couldn't reach higher leaves. Over generations, only the longer necked giraffes survived.
400
Name and describe a geologic theory
What is gradualism - small changes over time, catastrophism - big changes over time and uniformitarianism - almost no changes over time
500
Draw or describe a stabilization natural selection curve
What is the ends go away and the middle gets thinner and taller
500
Draw or describe an example that would result in a directional natural selection curve
What is as shorter necked giraffes are selected against(die), only the longer necked giraffes survive and pass along their longer necked genes to their offspring.
500
Choose the correct term in each ().
(individuals, populations) evolve, not (individuals, populations)
What is populations and individuals
500
Give all four sources of evidence for evolution
What is fossils, anatomy, embryology and biochemistry