the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals do
Survival of the fittest
What is natural selection?
100
Who developed the theory of evolution
Who is Charles Darwin
100
More offspring can be produced than can survive
What is Over production
100
the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock
What is a fossil
100
the process by which unrelated species become more similar as they adapt to the same kind of environment
What is convergent evolution
200
The process of change by which new species develop from preexisting species over time.
What is Evolution?
200
Where did Darwin conduct most of his research
What are the Galapagos islands
200
With in a population, individuals have different traits
What is Genetic Variation
200
an anatomical structure in one species that is similar in function and appearance, but not in evolutionary origin
What is analogous structures
200
Result from flawed copies of individual genes
What is mutations
300
The process of becoming adapted to an environment.
What is Adaptation
300
According to Darwin, evolution occurs because?
What is natural selection
300
Individuals must compete with each other in order to survive.
What is the struggle to survive
300
the study of the geographical distribution of living organisms and fossils on Earth
What is biography
300
The evolution of two or more species that is due to mutual influence, often in a way that makes the relationship more mutually beneficial
What is coevolution
400
anatomical structures that share a common ancestry
What is homologous structures
400
The book that Darwin published to explain his findings
What is The Origins of Species
400
Organisms with the best adaptations are the most likely to survive.
What is differential reproduction
400
A species, family, or other larger group) having no living members.
What is extinct
400
The human forelimb and the bat forelimb are analogous structures
What is false
500
the selective breeding of organisms (by humans) for specific desirable characteristics
What is artificial selection
500
The name of the ship Darwin sailed on
What is the Beagle
500
Another term that describes natural selection
What is Survival of the fittest
500
Scarcity of resources and a growing population are most likely to result in?
What is Competition
500
structures or attributes that have apparently lost most or all of their ancestral function in a given species