The Theory
Charles Darwin
Darwin's Evidence of Evolution
Vocab
Wild Card
100
Something that can be inherited through genetic characteristics... means that everyone is different!
What is variation?
100
Where was Charles Darwin from?
What is England?
100

Leftover bits, no longer used in organisms 

What are vestigial structures?

100
the vocab word that means change through time. The theory that existing life forms have evolved from earler forms over long periods of time.
What is evolution?
100
Any trace or remains of a once-living organsim that has been preserved by natural processes.
What is a fossil?
200
Organisms often have more ____________ than will survive.
What is offspring?
200
Where in England itself did Darwin gain evidence of natural selection?
What is by observing dog breeding!
200

Structures with the same function, but organisms are unrelated

What are analogous structures?

200
animals that have certain beneficial traits will survive better over time- survival of the best adapted- nature determines who will "win"
What is natural selection
200
Type of diagram that shows the relationship of organisms to their ancestors as well as common ancestry.
What is a phylogenetic/evolutionary tree?
300

What are 3 ways a male can attract a mate?

Song, dance, bright and fancy colors, etc.

300

Darwin's trip was supposed to take 2 years, but it actually lasted...

 5 years

300

Slang term that descibes how organisms that posess the best traits or adaptations for a particutlar environment are the ones that will successfully pass down their traits to their offspring.

What is "Survival of the Fittest?"

300

The complete disappearance of a species from Earth

What is extinction?

300
A group of the same organism that occupies a specific area in a specific time.
What is a population?
400
The process whereby organisms that have advantages survive and pass their genes onto their offspring.
What is natural selection?
400
What animals did Charles Darwin observe that helped lead him to his theory of evolution- and what did he notice about these animals?
What is either finches beaks or tortoise shells
400

The preserved remains, trace, or impression of an organism from a past geologic age

What are fossils?

400
A group of genetically similar organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring.
What is a species?
400
The random appearance of a new trait in an organism.
What is a mutation?
500

Any kind of inherited trait that improves an organism's chances of survival and reproduction in a given environment.

What is an adaptation?

500
What was the name of the boat that Darwin sailed in?
What is The Beagle
500

Same structures found in different species used for different functions

What are homologous structures?

500

Creation of a new species from an ancestor

Speciation

500

This is an animal Darwin did extensive research on and is a great evolutionary example.

What are Finches?

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