Darwin's Theory
Vocab
Scientists
Identify
Miscellaneous
100
Islands Darwin Visited that most influenced his ideas about species diversity?
What is the Galapagos Islands?
100
The selection for breeding of organisms with useful traits by humans
What is artificial selection?
100
Name one of the geologists?whose ideas influenced Darwin
Who is James Hutton OR? Charles Lyell?
100
Humans, cats, whales, Bats have what kind of structures in common
What are Homologous Structures?
100
Name the ship that Darwin sailed on
What is the Beagle?
200
Another name for "Survival of the fittest"
What is natural selection?
200
Structures that have different mature forms but develop from the same embryonic tissues
What is homologous structures?
200
French naturalist who proposed the inheritance of acquired traits
Who is Jean-Baptiste Lamarck?
200
Skink legs are examples of
What is Vestigial Organs?
200
Name the book Darwin published providing evidence for this Theory of evolution
What is "On the Origin of Species"?
300
What Darwin called the ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment__________
What is fitness?
300
Idea that organisms that are best suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully
What is “survival of the fittest” ?
300
Explain why Lamarck’s hypothesis about inheritance of acquired traits is incorrect?
What is What is “genes determine which traits are passed on”; acquired traits aren’t inheritable?
300
The idea that the crab ?could make its claw ?bigger by using it ?and then pass this?“big claw trait” on to?its offspring is called
What is Inheritance of Acquired traits?
300
Which of the following is NOT part of Darwin’s THEORY of EVOLUTION? natural variation overproduction of offspring? survival of the fittest ?inheritance of acquired characteristics ?descent with modification
What is ?inheritance of acquired characteristics?
400
Darwin's idea that each species has descended with changes from other species over time?
What is descent with modification?
400
Any inherited characteristic that?increases and organisms chance for survival
What is an adaptation?
400
Economist who predicted that the human population will grow faster ?than the food and space needed to sustain it
Who is Thomas Malthus?
400
This turtle’s long neck, a porcupine’s quills, and a polar bear’s white fur are all examples of
What is Adaptations?
400
Explain how the fossil record supports Darwin’s theory of evolution
Shows the Earth is very old allowing time for evolution to happen;?Shows record of change over time;?Shows intermediate organisms
500
Name 3 kinds of evidence that support Darwin’s theory of evolution
What is What are fossils, artificial selection, geographic distribution, homologous structures, vestigial organs, embryology, DNA similarities, appearance of new diseases like, HIV/bird flu and antibiotic resistant bacteria?
500
Characteristic that increases an?organism’s chances of survival
What is an adaptation ?
500
Scientist whose similar ideas about evolution prompted Darwin to publish his THEORY of EVOLUTION
Who is Alfred Wallace?
500
Finding lima beans with a variety of different sizes is an example of?
What is Natural variation?
500
Explain how DNA sequencing supports?Darwin’s theory of evolution
Organisms with more shared DNA sequences have a more recent common ancestor; characteristics of human chromosome #2 show human relatedness to chimpanzees
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