Vocabulary
Natural Selection
artificial selection
Charles Darwin
Early study of Evolution
100
a group of similar organisms that can mate and reproduce with each other.
species
100
Natural Selection is Survival of the?
Fittest
100
Humans use this type of selection in order to perfect the best organism to fit their needs?
What is Artificial Selection/Selective breeding
100
Darwin is known for this theory
The theory of Natural selection (or evolution)
100
any difference between individuals of the same species.
Variation
200
The change in the inherited characteristics of biological populations over successive generations
What is Evolution
200
A change in genetic material is also called
Mutation
200
Artificial selections happens more quickly or less quickly than natural selection?
more
200
On what continent did Darwin do most of his exploring?
South America
200
Who created the first scientific system for classifying and naming living things?
Carolus Linnaeus
300
The gradual process by which biological traits "NATURALLY" become either more or less common in a population.
What is Natural Selection
300
What was the name of the book Charles Darwin wrote that helped explain Natural Selection
The origin of Species
300
All modern domestic dogs are descendants of what animal?
gray wolf
300
What was a feature of the Finches that Darwin noticed depending on the island they were found?
Beak size or shape
300
This scientist in the 1800's, estimated the world was more than 300 million years old at the time.
charles lyell
400
Variation among organisms due to humans choosing desirable traits
Artificial Selection
400
What is a variation that could help and animals survive or not survive in the wild
color, speed, intelligence, smell, hearing
400
what is pro of Artificial Selection?
Farmers have created crops that grow quickly and are resistant to temperature extremes and disease.
Ranchers have created livestock that produce high quality meat.
Humans have created pets that we can enjoy.
400
What was the name of the British Navy ship Charles Sailed on?
HMS Beagle
400
what french scientist came up with the Theory - organisms could change during their lifetime by selectively using or not using various parts of their bodies.
Ex: Moles
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
500
Remains, impressions, or traces of an organism that lived in the past.
Fossils
500
A genetic characteristic that allows an organism to survive and reproduce is____
Adaptation
500
What is a con of Artificial Selection?
Genetic problems are common due to the lack of diversity within a new species (little diversity leaves little room to adapt!)
Can create organisms that are unable to reproduce on their own.
Possibility of side effects in the foods that we eat.
500
What island did Darwin do most of his observations?
Galapagos Islands
500
What scientists fossil findings lead scientist to realize that some animals had lived in the ancient past but no longer existed
Mary Annings