Charles Darwin
The name of the ship Darwin and his crew voyaged on?
What is the H.M.S. Beagle?
Organisms within populations differ in their what?
What are traits?
The Formation of a new species
What is speciation?
These species helped Charles Darwin Create the theory of Evolution through Natural Selection.
What are Finches?
Necessary for natural selection to occur
What is genetic variation?
Some members of a population are more likely to survive changing environmental conditions and reproduce because they have different and superior traits. The presence of different traits within members of a species
What is variation?
True or false: Chimpanzees and humans share a common ancestor
True
The process where the best adapted individuals of a species are the ones most likely to survive and reproduce, thereby passing their beneficial traits on to their offspring.
What is natural selection?
Any inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of survival is known as this.
What is an adaptation?
An insect blending into its surroundings making it look like a leaf
What is an adaptation?
This is the first thing that separated humans from other primates
What is Bipedalism?
Rafflesia flowers producing a smell to attract flies is an example of what?
What is adaptation?
What is another example of
Evolution through natural selection?
multiple responses are acceptable.
___are the 3 things that separate humans from primates
What is Bipedalism, larger brains, tool use?
Published in 1859, Charles Darwin’s book _________ changed biology forever.
What is "The ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES"
The concept that organisms who are the best suited to their environment will be the most successful
What is survival of the fittest?
the beaks of finches prove evolution...
beak of an ancestral species had adapted over time to equip the finches to acquire different food sources helping them survive and reproduce
Fossils, DNA, Comparative Anatomy, Embryology are....
What is evidence of evolution?
According to Charles Darwin the driving force of evolution.
What is natural selection?
The concept that members of each species compete regularly for food, space, and other necessities is known as this.
What is the struggle for survival or competition?
The 4 principles of Natural Selection
Variation, competition, inheritance, adaptations
Birds that are not able to mate because they have different dances to attract each other
What is Behavioral Speciation?