People of Evolution
The person who developed the theory of evolution?
Who is Charles Darwin?
To receive from a predecessor.
What is inherit?
When organisms of the same species have different traits.
What is variation?
This is very important for species survival as seen in the moth activity and the lizard activity (how genes work with evolution).
What is variation?
This is what Darwin's father wanted him to be.
What is a surgeon?
The person who originally came up with the old earth theory.
Who is Charles Lyell?
The immediate descendants of a person or organism.
What is offspring?
Individuals who inhabit a defined area.
What is a population?
In the moth activity, the moths that were light in a light colored forest had a...
What is a selective advantage?
The name of the ship that Darwin sailed on.
What is the HMS Beagle?
The person who noted that when there isn't enough food, not individuals of a population will survive.
Who is Thomas Malthus?
When a hereditary trait is passed along in a family.
What is inherited?
A distinguishing feature of a personal nature.
What is a trait?
In the timeline activity, this was the first living organism.
What is bacteria?
The hero of the Pantanal.
What is the apple snail?
The person who developed a model is species change before Darwin.
Who is Lamark?
"A taxonomic group whose members can interbreed"
What is a species?
Where Darwin developed many of his ideas for species change.
What are the Galapagos Islands?
This is the species of finch that was being studied on Daphne Major.
What is the medium ground finch?
These, made up of DNA, are what control the traits of an individual.
What are genes?
The person who captained the HMS Beagle on the trip around the globe.
Who is Captain Fitzroy?
The process by which evolution occurs.
What is natural selection?
Individuals of a species must first do this before they can reproduce.
What is survive?
The large, spiky seeds that were available on Daphne Major during the drought were from a plant called...
This is the animal that can withstand the poison of the rough skinned newt.
What is a garter snake?