Evolution
the father of evolution
Who is Charles Darwin?
When individuals that are better adapted for an environment survive and reproduces more than other individuals
What is the definition of Natural Selection?
An adaptation is when an inheritable trait is ...
What is favorable or beneficial?
The hip bones of a dolphin and the tailbone of a human
What are Vestigial Structures?
Fitness is an organisms ability to do these two things.
What is Survive and Reproduce?
Change in a population over time
What is evolution?
A key phrase used to describe the idea of natural selection
What is Survival of the Fittest?
An example of this is a bird making a nest for protection and to attract a mate
What is a behavioral adaptation?
An example of a structure that is homologous to a cat’s leg
What is a human arm, bat wing, whale flipper
The type of organisms that lived on Earth first
What are prokaryotes?
Evolution explains that all life originated from this
What is a common ancestor?
What is genetic drift?
An example of this is camouflage to help an organism blend into its surroundings
What is a structural adaptation?
Type of evidence that displays traits that are intermediate between both earlier organisms and later organisms
What is a transitional fossil?
The age of Earth
What is 4.6 billion years old?
The 4 types of evidence of evolution
What are fossils, embryology, anatomy (structures), and DNA/Protein sequences?
When evolution occurs due to immigration and emigration mixing up the genes of a population
What is gene flow?
Ability to break down lactose, no function to appendix, etc.
What are examples of human evolution?
Description of embryology
What is the study of an organism's early development that allows us to see similarities across species?
What are cyanobacteria?
The 5 different mechanisms of evolution
What are natural selection, gene flow, genetic drift, nonrandom mating, and mutations?
The 4 parts/requirements of natural selection
What are variation, competition, adaptation, and selection?
An example of this is when a snake produces venom or when a grizzly bear make a component in its blood to help prevent against cardiovascular issues during hibernation
What is an example of Physiological Adaptation?
The two different types of molecular sequences that can be compared to determine how closely related two species are
What are DNA and Protein?
The name of the ship that Darwin traveled on to collect samples and data that help him to formulate the ideas of evolution
What is the HMS Beagle?