Scientists
What island did Darwin visit and discover his famous finches?
Galapagos Islands
What are nonliving factors called in an Ecosystem?
Abiotic Factors
This is an adaptation where one species changes over time so that they will look like a dangerous species in order to fool predators.
Mimicry
These are organisms who eat plants and animals.
Omnivores
What is the piece of evidence has shown how closely related humans are to chimps?
DNA evidence
Which scientist had a similar theory to Darwin?
Wallace
Who is responsible for making glucose in a food chain/food web/ energy pyramid?
Primary Producer (Autotroph)
What are the 3 types of adaptations?
Behavioral
Functional
Structural
What is the role of each organism in its ecosystem?
Niche
What are the structures called that have the same function but different function that shows an evolutionary relationship?
Homologous Structures
What scientist's theory is called uniformitarianism and discovered the Earth is older than believed?
Lyell
What is the interaction called when a consumer hunts and eats another consumer?
Predator-Prey
What is a slight difference in an inherited trait of individual members of a species called?
Variation
What is the interaction called when individuals or members of a population defending their living space to ensure basic resources?
Territoriality
Give an example of a vestigial structure.
Third eyelid
Femur bones in a whale
Side toe in a horse
Tailbone in humans
Which scientists theory was Acquired Characteristics?
Lamark
Give an example of commensalism
Will vary
What are the 3 factors that affect Natural Selection?
Overpopulation
Competition
Variation
Give an example of social hierarchy
will vary
What is the process called to find the exact age of a fossil?
Radioactive Dating/ Carbon Dating / Absolute Dating
What was the name of the ship that Darwin sailed on?
HMS Beagle
Draw the energy pyramid, label each level, and give an example of an organism in each level.
answers will vary
What are the 4 factors that lead to Evolution?
Mutations
Adaptations
Natural Selection
Extinction
What are the levels of organization in the world and give examples of each?
Organism--> Population--> Community--> Ecosystem--> Biosphere
What piece of evidence shows the similarities of different species during development?
Embryology