Geological Time
Comparative Anatomy
Natural Selection
Evolution Trees
Comparing Primates
100
The deeper a fossil is in the layers of the Earth, the _______________ the fossil is
Older
100
An unborn offspring in the process of development is known as an
Embryo
100
What is the name of scientist or wrote The Origin of Species and came up with the idea for natural selection?
Charles Darwin
100
A tree of life shows how different species are ______________ to each other
Related
100
It is incorrect to say we "evolved from chimpanzees". It is more correct to say that we share the most recent common _____________ with chimpanzees.
ancestor
200
The Earth is approximately ______ billion years old
4.5 (4 or 5 are acceptable answers)
200
The more similar the bone structure, or anatomy, or two species, the more closely _______________ those two species are
Related
200
This component of natural selection is the idea that members of the same species may have to compete with one another to survive
Competition
200
The more biological __________ species have in common with each other, the more related those two species are.
*Starts with a "t"
Traits
200
Which species does NOT have opposable thumbs?
Tarsier
300
An ________ fossil is a fossil of a species that only lived for a short period of time which makes it easier for scientists to see how old that fossil is
Index
300
The idea that similar species have similar embryos is evidence for _________________
Evolution
300
This factor of natural selection is the idea that humans may impact where the species lives or breeds which may affect it's survival, like a city being built on a beach where turtles lay eggs
Changes in the Environment
300
We can look at the _______ of different species to compare their genetic codes and see how genetically similar they are to each other *Hint: found in the nucleus of cells
DNA
300
What is the cranial area of the human skull? 
35 cm2
400
Geological time is measured in Eons, _______, and Periods. Examples of this are the Cenzoic, Mesozoic, and Paleozoic.
Eras
400
Frogs, lizards, birds, cats, and whales all have similar anatomy of the arm, because the bones in their arms are _________________ structures.
*Starts with an H
Homologous
400
This factor of natural selection is the idea that a species will produce far more offspring than can survive
Overproduction
400
All living things have a ______________ _______________ with each other. The more closely related two species are, the more recently that ______________ ________________ lived.
Common Ancestor
400
What is the cranial capacity of the Australopithicus? (use 3 for pi) 
12 cm2
500
We can determine the time frame of different periods on Earth by studying the ___________ __________ underneath Earth's surface
Fossil Record
500
Ontogeny is the study of embryo development, phylogeny is the study of the ______________________ of the species
Relatedness
500
This component of Natural selection is the idea that members of the same species may have differences, like some polar bears may have thicker fur than other polar bears.
Variation
500
How old is the oldest common ancestor we share with all primates?
60 million years old
500
How many years ago did we "speciate" from chimpanzees? (Became our own species from a common ancestor)
5 million years