What is Changes as a result of new evidence or new interpretations
100
This usually explains how a process works under a given set of conditions with a mathematical formula.
What is Scientific Law?
100
What is evolution
What is the process in which inherited characteristics of a population change over time?
100
Charles Darwin observed finches on the Galapagos Islands. What did he observe?
What is finches on each island differed slightly from those on other islands?
100
When two species have similar structures it shows that they may have what?
What is a common ancestor?
200
How is a scientific law different from a theory?
What is A law describes an observed pattern in nature without attempting to explain it.
200
The difference between laws and theories
What is theories explain why something happens, and laws describe what happens?
200
What is natural selection?
What is The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce?
200
What does variation allow a species to do?
What is variation allows the population to survive changes in the environment?
200
The closer the DNA of an organism is, the closer the species is what?
What is closer evolutionary relationship?
300
What field of has more scientific theories that result from research
What is The field of biology?
300
Two scientists have different ideas about a scientific concept. What might they do to resolve their differences?
What is debate their ideas at a scientific conference?
300
What is adaptation?
What is a characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment?
300
Polar bears are not adapting to their environment, what might happen?
What is extinction?
300
What does it mean to have a common ancestor?
What is species are descended from one species that lived in the past?
400
Describe a scientific law
What is a specific relationship under given conditions in the natural world?
400
This is how scientific ideas change
What is debate and consensus among scientists leads to modification of ideas?
400
Giraffes that have longer necks survive a dry season by eating leaves from the tops of trees. Those giraffes breed more successfully that year. What is this an example of?
What is natural selection?
400
What type of situation could lead to an extinction of a species?
What is increased competition?
400
The front leg of a cat and the wing of the bat have this in common
What is similar structures that have different functions?
500
describes a phenomenon seen in nature
What is Scientific Theory?
500
One scientist finds evidence that she feels doesn't fit a theory. Most other scientists agree. What will this lead to?
What is modification of a scientific idea?
500
Kangaroos come in several sizes and colors. What characteristic of populations is observed?
What is variation?
500
This term is used for a slight change in a hawk's eye which helps it see its prey from far away
What is adaptation?
500
Two different species with similar patterns of early development, what type of evidence is this for evolution?