Darwin believed that similar species share a _______ _______.
What is a common ancestor
100
The accumulation of many different variations can lead to this
What is adaptation
100
The fossil that provides evidence of an organism's behavior or movement
What is a trace fossil
100
When species blend into their environment
What is camouflage?
100
The study of similarities and difference among structures of living species
What is comparative anatomy?
200
This was a resource Darwin used to develop his theory
What is food
200
The process of breeding organisms for desired characteristics is known as ________
What is selective breeding
200
When minerals harden into a rock or petrified wood, this process is known as ______.
What is mineralization
200
A person who studies plants and animals by observing them
What is a naturalist?
200
List the three structures scientists classify within comparative anatomy study
What is homologous analogous, and vestigial
300
The activity in class with measuring our forearm was an example of this
What is variation
300
List the order in which natural selection occurs
What is Reproduction, Variation, Competition, and Selection
300
Made up of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth
What is the fossil record?
300
The science of the development of embryos from fertilization to birth
What is embryology?
300
A bat wing and a human arm are examples of this
What are homologous structures?
400
Name the three species Darwin observed when developing his theory of evolution
What are tortoises, mockingbirds, and finches
400
Name the three classifications of adaptations
What is structural, behavioral, and functional
400
Scientists now understand that sudden disappearance of fossils in rock layers is evidence of this event
What is extinction
400
Also known as the molecular clock
What is divergence?
400
The basic building blocks all organisms share are called this
What are genes/DNA?
500
Name the British survey ship, Charles Darwin sailed to the Galapagos Islands
What is the HMS Beagle
500
List two examples of nonliving environmental factors a species can adapt to
What is temperature/water/soil/climate
500
This theory was proved when fossils of species in nearby rock layers were found to have similar body plans and structures
What is biological evolution?
500
The process by which populations of organisms with variations that help them survive in their environments live longer, compete better, and reproduce more than those who do not have variations.