Evolution
How populations change over many generations
What is Evolution?
When an organism matches its surroundings in order to hide
What is Camouflage
You and your siblings may have different hair/eye color as a result of this
Basketball team that was the 2022-2023 NBA Champions
Who are the Denver Nuggets?
Two different organisms are alike, they share this in their bloodline
What is a common ancestor?
The process by which traits that help an organism survive and reproduce become more common in a population over time.
What is Natural Selection?
Sleeping through the winter to conserve energy
What is hibernation?
The remains or impression of a prehistoric organism that be used as evidence for evolution
What are fossils?
College that won the Harvard v. Yale football game this past year
What is Yale?
The "Father of Evolution"
Who is Charles Darwin?
Formal name for Lamark's theory of evolution
What is the Inheritance of Acquired Traits?
When an organism imitates an animal
What is mimicry?
What a species will face if they are unable to adapt to external pressures and are outcompeted by other species
What is Mass Extinction?
Lillian's (my co-teacher) major at Harvard
What is Math?
Is important for the survival of a species
What is genetic variety?
Through this, traits are passed down from parents to offspring
What are genes?
An example of this adaptation is bats using sound to navigate and hunt in the dark
What is echolocation?
The name of the islands where Darwin studied and gathered his evidence on Natural Selection
Where are the Galápagos Islands?
The Capital of Canada
What is Ottawa?
The first set of organisms that lived on Earth
What are Bacteria?
Another name for a branching diagram that illustrates the evolutionary relationships and common ancestry among groups of organisms
What is a cladogram?
Animals grouping together for protection from predators is an example of this adaptation
What is herding?
The hip bones of a dolphin and the tailbone of a human are examples of ____ _____?
What is a vestigial structure (or organ)?
Number of floors in the Empire State Building
What is 102?