Was Darwin Right?
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Evidence of Evolution
Vocab
Random Facts
100
The person primarily responsible for discovering the Theory of Evolution.
Charles Darwin
100
the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock
Fossil
100
The below photo represents this type of structure
Homologous Structure
100
The photo below represents this vocab word.
Artificial Selection
100
Rock that is formed from layers overtime
Sedimentary Rock
200
What process is the below photo describing?
Natural Selection
200
The supercontinent on early earth, made of all of todays continents
Pangea
200
Body parts that have lost their original function through evolution.
Vestigial Structure
200
Traits that enhance an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in it's environment.
Adaptation
200
Rock that is formed from hardened magma
Igneous Rock
300
The other scientist who was studying evolution and natural selection at the same time as Charles Darwin
Alfred Wallace
300
The process used to determine the age of fossils,
Radiometric Dating
300
Evidence of how organisms evolved from water to land or land to water.
Transitional Fossil
300
The below diagram is an example of this scientific theory.
Evolution
300
Snake venom is an example of this type of adaptation
What is a physiological adaptation.
400
The book Charles Darwin published on is theory of evolution and natural selection.
Origin of Species
400
A diagram that represents evolutionary relationships among organisms
Phylogenic Tree
400
Name 3 things are are evidence for the theory of evolution.
Natural Selection, Fossils, Comparative Anatomy (Homologous, Analogous Structures), Vestigial Structures, Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology (DNA)
400
Any selective force or forces which push a population toward the average, or median trait.
Stabilizing Selection
400
What species of great apes is most closely related to humans?
Bonobo
500
Brightly colored animals are explained by natural selection because they help in finding a mate, what would bright colors indicate to a mate?
Who has better genes (more biologically fit)
500
The world's oldest known fossil
Stromatolites
500
Based on the cladogram what trait do the Ray-finned fish and rodents have in common?
Boney Skeleton
500
This type of evolution occurs when two or more species reciprocally affect each other's evolution through the process of natural selection
Coevolution
500
Body parts that perform similar function but differ in structure.
Analogous Structures.