The Man
Fossils
Dating
Natural Selection
Miscellaneous
100
The man credited with the term 'natural selection'.
Charles Darwin
100
Minerals fill in the spaces left by a decaying organism.
Cast Fossil
100
General term for dating fossils or rock layers by comparing them to one another.
Relative Dating
100
A change in SPECIES from generation after generation.
Evolution
100
The disappearance of a species.
Extinction
200
What Darwin was SUPPOSED to do instead of studying animals.
Medical School
200
Evidence of organism's activity.
Trace Fossil
200
The principle that states the youngest layers of rock are on top and the oldest layers are on the bottom.
Law of Superposition
200
A natural process resulting in evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment; "Survival of the Fittest".
Natural Selection
200
When multiple species go extinct all at once.
Mass extinction
300
The island where Darwin studied animals and their unique species.
Galapagos Island
300
When the actual organism is preserved by ice, tar, or tree sap.
Preserved fossil
300
Dating technique that gives the exact age of an organism.
Absolute Dating
300
Traits like dimples, Hitchhiker's thumb, and curled tongues are; traits the neither help of harm you.
Neutral traits
300
Three possible explanations for the extinction of dinosaurs.
1. Asteroid
2. Suffocation (dust cloud)
3. Earthquake
4. "Fire" from Sky
5. Heat
6. Lightening storm
400
The name of this bird.
Blue-footed Boobie
400
When an organism is buried in sediment and then decays, leaving an empty space (impression).
Mold Fossil
400
Consists of all of the fossils ever discovered.
Fossil Record
400
A trait that helps an organism survive in its environment and reproduce.
Adaptation
400
Explain why scientists and farmers use selective breeding and genetic modification
To breed organisms for specific desired traits.
500
Last name of the 4 other scientists that studied in the same field as Darwin.
Linnaeus, Lamark, Annin, and Lyell
500
Name of three famous fossils found.
"Peat Bogs"
"Sally"
"MRD"
Woolly Mammoth
Answers may vary
500
"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to ..."
-Charles Darwin
Change
500
3 reasons creating hybrid animals is controversial.
Expensive, offspring are sterile, health problems...
Answers may vary
500
Give the ABSOLUTE DATE (year) for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th phones below:
1921, 1973, 2004, 2007