Vocabulary
Facts
Evidence
Changing Times
Potluck
100
A characteristic that can help an organism survive and reproduce in its environment
What is an adaptation?
100
The fossil record organizes fossils by this
What are their estimated ages and physical similarities?
100
Evidence has shown that gradual processes have does what to the Earth's surface
What is change?
100
The horse had an adaption in its foot. What was that adaptation?
What us the fact that the horse's toes it had long ago molded together to make one big toe that helped it run on land?
100
Name one thing about Charles Darwin
What is any fact about Charles Darwin that is true?
200
A group of organisms that can mate with one another to produce fertile offspring
What is a species?
200
Scientists have made this by studying fossils
What is a timeline called the fossil record?
200
Scientists saw evidence of what in the fossil record
What is evolution?
200
What is the evolution of man?
What is the fact that we started as Hominids then became, over a long time, humans?
200
The species that live on Earth today range from ________
What are single-celled bacteria o multicellular fungi, plants and animals?
300
Groups of individuals of the same species in the same place make up this
What is a population?
300
Fossils in newer layers tend to be ______ to present-day organisms
What is similar
300
Darwin saw what that provided evidence for his theory of evolution?
What are changes from the Galapagos Island finches and other animals?
300
What was the change in Darwin's finches?
What are the beaks, that changed according to the prey the finches attacked?
300
What causes a mutation?
What is an incoming UV Photon?
400
The process in which populations gradually change over time
What is evolution?
400
Scientists believe we all descended from this
What are common ancestors?
400
Earth's crust held evidence for the creation of what
What is the fossil record?
400
What change did the polar bear make?
What is its fur, which thickened and became white to adapt to the artic weather?
400
What is natural breeding?
What is nature's way of only having the strongest survive and reproduce?
500
The remains of imprints of once-living organisms
What are fossils?
500
Organisms can have ______ in their DNA over time
What are mutations?
500
Fossils shows evidence of _______
What are the characteristics of the animals before us? (I will also accept evolution)
500
How did the bulldogs look in 1790?
What is the different in weight and height? (the bulldog from 1790 was taller and thinner)
500
What is selective breeding?
What is the process in which humans select which plants or animals to reproduce based on desired traits?
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