This scientist is credited with creating taxonomy?
Who is Linnaeus?
100
The finches were studied in this group of islands in the Pacific Ocean.
What is Galapagos Islands?
100
This is the process that changes over time, a change in an allele or gene in a population over a long period of time.
What is evolution?
200
This scientist studies Earth's layers.
Who is James Hutton?
200
This scientist studied these finches in 1835.
Who is Charles Darwin?
200
This evidence for evolution is describes as similar anatomy in different types of animals because of common ancestor.
What is homologous body structures?
300
These two scientists studied natural selection.
Who are Alfred Wallace and Charles Darwin?
300
In the video of the finches, this beak shape struggle during the drought.
What is short beak?
300
These are the 4 types of natural selection.
What is variation, overproduction, competition, and selection?
400
Robert Malthus was famous for his work in this.
What is animal population vs food source?
400
There were this amount of new species of finches on the Galapagos Islands.
What is 13 species?
400
These are the 5 types of evidence for evolution.
What is fossil record, homologous body structures, vestigial organs, biochemical evidence, and embryology?
500
This scientist rejected a trip to Africa with Napoleon in order to advance his work in comparative anatomy?
Who is James Cuvier?
500
In the city of Panora, Iowa, there is a problem. Finches are eating everything they can get their beaks on. At the local apple harvest, only 30 apples were salvaged from the year. There was very little seeds or any fruit in the area. Despite the lack of vegetation, the finch farm has thrived and has doubled it's amount of finches in the past year. This is an example of what kind of natural selection?
What is overpopulation?
500
Two men from Canada are walking in the woods. One of the men is 6 feet tall and the other is a short 4 feet. Suddenly a bear comes upon them. Both men run but soon realize they cannot outrun the bear. They come across a hole but only the shorter man can fit inside. So he climbs into the hole and leaves the taller man to fend for himself. This is an example of which three types of natural selection.