Evolution
Natural Selection
Adaptations
Evidence for Evolution
Miscellaneous
100
If an organism changes during life in order to adapt to its environment, those changes are passed on to its offspring. This theory was created by
Who is Lamarck?
100
The survival and reproduction of the organisms that are genetically best fit for their environment
What is the definition of Natural Selection?
100
Courtship is this type of adaptation.
What is behavioral adaptation?
100
The hip bones of a dolphin and the tailbone of a human
What are Vestigial Structures?
100
A sudden decrease in the population of deer caused by hunting.
What is Bottleneck Effect?
200
A theory (explanation) supported by evidence for how populations change over time
What is evolution?
200
The variety of dog and cat breeds that we have today are a product of _________ _____________.
What is Artificial Breeding (Selective Breeding)
200
A variation in an organism that helps it survive
What is Adaptation?
200
An example of a structure that is homologous to a cat’s paw.
What is a human arm, bat wing, and whale flipper?
200
Any selective force or forces which push a population toward the average, or median trait.
What is Stabilizing Selection?
300
The father of evolution
Who is Charles Darwin?
300
The birds that Darwin studied on the Galapagos Islands.
What are finches?
300
An organism matches its surroundings in order to hide
What is Camouflage?
300
Body parts that share a common function but have a different structure
What is an analogous structure?
300
A group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce
What is a species?
400
Evolution can only occur is this is involved
What is Genetic Variation?
400
How is the theory of natural selection different from Lamarck's theory?
Lamarck said that organisms acquire traits during their lifetime and then pass them on to their offspring.
400
An organism imitates an animal
What is Mimicry?
400
New species evolve from a common ancestor.
What is speciation?
400
What is directional selection?
500
Variations among siblings is an example of
What is a “Decent with modification”?
500
Those individuals with ______ increasing traits will survive and reproduce!
What is an fitness?
500
The venom of the black mamba snake is an example of a type of adaptation.
What is an example of Physiological Adaptation?
500
In embryology, the embryos are very similar to each other due to the fact that they both have what?
What is a common ancestor?
500
The founding of a new population by one or a few individuals.
What is founder effect?