Natural Selection
Draw a bird's foot that walks on the shoreline
Ms. J will decide
In natural selection, this is the agent that "selects" for or against traits of an organism.
What is the environment?
The change in an organism over time
What is evolution?
Any trace or remains of a once-living organsim that has been preserved by natural processes.
What is a fossil?
Draw a skull of a carnivore
Ms. J will decide
Name the scientist that cut the tails off the mice to see if their offspring would be born without tails.
What is Weismann
Variations that can affect an organisms ability to survive and reproduce
What is natural selection
Type of diagram that shows the relationship of organisms to their ancestors as well as common ancestry.
What is an evolutionary tree?
A change in genetics so much that it forms a new species
What is Macroevolution
What animals or connections brought Wallace to the theory of natural selection
Butterflies - coloring
Tree Kangaroos separated by Monkeys
Wallace Line
Mutation
Inherited trait
A change in DNA
what is a Mutation
A change in allele freequencies in a population
What is microevolution
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/coloring or tortoise shells
How does adaptation begin
Mutation or Genetic change to help organism to survive in their environment
Amount of observable variation in a population that is attributable to individual genetic differences
What is a Heritability
Draw an image showing natural selection
Ms. J decides
What was the term described by Lamarck's theory
Transmutation
Ability to survive to a reproductive age, find a mate, and produce offspring.
What is Fitness
What is Darwin and Wallace's first names
Charles Darwin
Alfred Wallace