The change in inherited characteristics (phenotypes) over time
What is evolution?
100
Minerals seeping into an organism’s remains form
fossils
100
When an organisms adaptation allows it to blend in with its environment
What is camouflage?
100
Who is considered the father of evolution? (FULL NAME)
Who is Charles Darwin
100
An inherited trait that makes an individual "different" from other members of its species; differences among human species
What is variation
200
A group of individuals in a population.
What are species
200
When scientists study fossils in layers of sedimentary rock, which rock layer will contain fossils that most closely resemble present-day organisms?
What is top layer
200
Natural selection that deals with producing more offspring that will survive
What is overproduction
200
This is the name of the super continent that broke apart during the age of the dinosaurs
What is Pangea
200
A naturalist who sailed around the world, observing plants and animals; especially the Galapagos finches.
What Charles Darwin
300
When an environment changes and the organisms cannot adapt
What is extinction
300
Scientists compare organisms’ DNA to support the theory that all species share a common
What is ancestor
300
Darwin referred to this term to describe humans ability to develop new breeds of dogs and crops
What is artificial selection
300
Farmers allowing only sheep that produce the best wool to breed is an
What is selective breeding?
300
All of the individuals of a species living in the same area.
What is a population?
400
The process in which organisms with the best traits suited to their environment are able to survive and reproduce.
What is natural selection?
400
Fossils that are found at the very top are considered
What is young layer
400
When certain genes make organisms more likely to survive and reproduce, which process can occur?
What is The adaptation would allow for Evolution to occur through natural selection
400
What evidence of natural selection is available today that was not available to Darwin?
What is Knowledge of Genetics
400
A process where individuals within a species "fight" over necessary resources such as food, water and shelter.
What is competition?
500
An idea (not a hypothesis), backed up by scientific evidence, on how organisms, such as humans, have changed over may years.
What is Theory of Evolution
500
Fossils that are found at the very bottom are considered
what is an old layer
500
_____________ prevents extinction in species by allowing different traits to show up in different organisms of that species
What are variations
500
An organism is born with a genetic abnormality
not present in any of its ancestors. This
abnormality is most likely the result of
(1) circulation (3) mutation
(2) competition (4) respiration
What is mutation
500
When an organism is able to blend in with its environment and hide away from its predators.