Natural Selection
A mechanism for change in populations where an organism with a favorable trait survives, reproduces, and pass the favorable trait to the next generation. Organisms without the favorable trait are less likely to survive and reproduce?
What is natural selection
The actual change in the population over time?
What is evolution
What was the name of the Scientist who formed the theory of evolution.
Who is Charles Darwin
What city do I live in?
An adaptation that a species develops where their coloring matches to their environment?
What is Camouflage
A body structure in a present day organism that no longer serves its original purpose?
What is Vestigial Structure
What was the name of the Islands where Darwin made his discoveries?
What are the Galapagos Islands
How old am I?
What is 30
Something that forms in a population that allows for a species to survive
Adaptation
Body parts that do not have a common evolutionary origin but are similar in function?
What are Analogous Structures
What animals did Darwin study to form his theory of evolution?
What are Finches
What city am I from?
Cincinnati
Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?
What is they are more likely to survive and reproduce
Structural features with a common evolutionary origin?
What are Homologous Structures
What was the name of the book that Darwin Published
What is the Origin of Species
What is my favorite NFL team
Kansas City Chiefs
What is it called where humans are selectively and artificially picking which traits are carried on through a population.
What is Artificial Selection
What does it mean if two living things have similar DNA?
What is they closely related
What was the name of the ship Darwin was on?
What is the HMS Beagle
What state did I use to live in
Connecticut