Theorists
Survival of the Fittest
Selection
Darwin's Observations
Terms
100
Origins of Species
What is the book written by Charles Darwin?
100
Forces animals to adapt.
What is the environment?
100
Over time, _____ _______ results in changes in the inherited characteristics of a population. These changes increase a species' fitness in its environment
What is natural selection?
100
Darwin collected these preserved remains of ancient organisms
Fossils
100
Place where an organism lives and the roles of that organism in that habitat.
What is niche?
200
He was before his time.
Who is Leonardo DaVinci?
200
The central idea of evolution is that all life on Earth shares one.
What is a common ancestor?
200
Favourable traits are chosen through this.
What is sexual selection?
200
Darwin was greatly influenced by his studies on these islands
Galapagos Islands Bonus:
200
2 distinct species with different ancestory evolve to look the same.
What is mimicry?
300
Constructed one of the first theoretical frameworks of organic evolution.
Who is Jean-Baptiste Lamarck?
300
The concept that is indicated when the weakest members of a species are killed off.
What is survival of the fittest?
300
Variation-->particular breed chosen-->developed new breed with particular traits
What is artifical selection?
300
This line divides Indonesia based on vegetation and animals found.
What is the Wallace Line.
300
When a population's size is reduced for at least one generation.
What is bottleneck?
400
Any inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival
What is adaptation?
500
The ability of an individual to survive and reproduce in its specific environment
What is fitness?
500
Differences among individuals of a species
What is natural variation?
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