DARWIN
LAMARCK
EVOLUTION
NATURAL SELECTION
TAXONOMY
100
Darwin observed similarities between organisms on the Galapogos and those on this continent.
What is South America?
100
One of Lamarck's theories stated that individuals are always striving to......
What is improve themselves?
100
Gradualism is evolution that occurs very _________
What is slowly?
100
In every population there exists _____________________.
What is variation?
100
The Father of Modern Taxonomy
What is Linnaeus?
200
Darwin was the first to explain how this process worked.
What is evolution?
200
Lamarck explains the long giraffe neck as the ______ and disuse of a particular body part.
What is use?
200
Organisms with similar traits that evolve independently are the result of _____________ evolution
What is convergent?
200
In every population there are variations that are _________________, and those that aren't.
What is favorable?
200
The taxon which contains the most individuals?
What is Kingdom?
300
One of the major tenets of natural selection was that organisms would ____________ with each other over available resources.
What is compete?
300
Lamarck believed that _______________ traits could be inherited.
What is acquired?
300
The human forelimb and the bat wing are ________________ structures.
What is homologous?
300
More _________________ are produced in each generation than are able to survive.
What is offspring?
300
A scientific name contains these two parts
What is genus & species?
400
Darwin wrote two books about his theories. Name one.
What is The Descent of Man or The Origin of Species?
400
Lamarck gave no thought to the science of ___________ in his theories; primarily because little to nothing was known of it in his time.
What is genetics?
400
Our many recognized breeds of dogs are the result of ......
What is artificial selection?
400
Those offspring with the more favorable variations will survive and _____________________.
What is reproduce?
400
All organisms in this Kingdom are multicellular heterotrophs without cell walls
What is Animal?
500
We now know that one of the causes of variations can be explained by this process that occurs during meiosis.
What is independent assortment or crossing over?
500
The scientist who disproved Lamarck's theories worked with this group of animals. What did he do to them?
What is cut the tails off of 22 generations of mice?
500
Darwin's finches of the Galapogos are an example of descent with.....
What is modification?
500
Over enormous spans of ____________, variations accumulate and cause new organisms to appear.
What is time?
500
The Kingdom whose prokaryotic "members" live in extreme environments, like hot springs or extremely salty waters.
What is Archaebacteria?
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