Evolution
This involves population and individuals
Evolution
The survival and reproduction of the organisms that are genetically best fit for their environment
What is the definition of Natural Selection
This is one of the examples of adaptation
What is behavioral adaptation?
The hip bones of a dolphin and the tailbone of a human
What are Vestigial Structures?
The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment.
What is Fitness?
A theory supported by evidence for how populations change over time
What is evolution
The variety of dog and cat breeds that we have today are a product of
What is Artificial Breeding
A variation in an organism that helps it survive
What is Adaptation?
An example of a structure that is homologous to a cat’s paw.
What is a Dog’s paw, human arm, bat wing, whale flipper
The first set of organisms that lived on Earth
What is Bacteria?
Charles Darwin
Who is the father of Evolution?
The name of the islands where Darwin studied and gathered his evidence on Natural Selection
What are The Galapagos Islands?
An organism matches its surroundings in order to hide
What is Camouflage?
Body parts that share a common function but have a different structure
What is an analogous structure?
A group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce
What is a species?
Evolution can only occur is this is involved
What is Genetic Variety
Lamarck said that organisms acquire traits during their lifetime and then pass them on to their offspring
How is the theory of natural selection different from Lamarck's theory?
An organism imitates an animal
What is Mimicry?
Two organisms share a large amount of similar DNA
What are siblings?
The appearance of autotrophs on earth is so important to life as we now know it
What is self-nourishment?
Two different organisms are alike, they share this in their bloodline
What is a Common Ancestor?
A little child catches a fly and pulls its wings off. The fly actually lives a better life, but does not pass its lack of wings on to its offspring because the loss of wings is an
What is an Acquired Trait?
The venom of the black mamba snake is an example of a type of adaptaion
What is an example of Physiological Adaptation?
In embryology, the embryos are very similar to each other
What is a common ancestor?
It is important for new individuals to come into a population
What is evolution?