Vocabulary
Distinguishing qualities that can be passed from one generation to another.
What is a TRAIT?
The islands that Charles Darwin visited while taking a journey on the HMS Beagle.
What are the GALAPAGOS ISLANDS?
DNA mutations that allow the organism to survive its environment and reproduce.
What is ADAPTATION?
The process by which populations accumulate inherited changes over time.
What is EVOLUTION?
Trace or imprints of organisms that were preserved in rocks.
What are FOSSILS?
A hereditary characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.
What is ADAPTATION?
The organism that caused Darwin to consider the theory of evolution.
What are FINCHES?
The genetic mutation that helped animals survive in the cold climate.
What is FUR AND LAYER OF FAT?
A widespread or rapid decrease in biodiversity on Earth.
What is a MASS EXTINCTION/EXTINCTION EVENT?
The two methods of determining a fossil's age.
What is RELATIVE AND ABSOLUTE DATING?
Breeding of organisms that have a certain desired trait.
What is ARTIFICIAL SELECTION?
The process Darwin observed farmers doing to create crops and livestock with the desired traits.
What is SELECTIVE BREEDING?
The method that many species of birds take to escape the cold climates of certain locations.
What is MIGRATION?
The reason that animals that are similar are considered different species.
What is the INABILITY TO REPRODUCE MAKING FERTILE OFFSPRING?
The genetic sequences within genes that can help determine when in the past species diverged from a common ancestor
What is EVOLUTIONARY CLOCK?
The adaptation that helps an organism survive in its environment.
What is NATURAL SELECTION?
The cause of the variations Darwin observed within a species.
What is MUTATION?
The long months of deep sleep to conserve energy while the environment is cold and food is scarce.
What is HIBERNATION?
A population of birds no longer mate with their neighboring population because they changed their mating call is an example of..
What is BEHAVIORAL ISOLATION?
The calendar scientists use to outline the history of life on Earth.
What is the GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE?
The process by which two populations of the same species become so different that they can no longer interbreed.
What is SPECIATION?
Process by which organisms change over time to better adapt to their environment and reproduce.
What is DARWIN'S THEORY OF EVOLUTION?
A plant's method of protecting itself from predators.
What are THORNS OR POISON?
The process by which two populations are divided by a volcanic eruption, so they are no longer able to mate
What is GEOGRAPHICAL ISOLATION?
The study of similarities and differences in the anatomy of different species.
What is COMPARATIVE ANATOMY?