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Evidence for Evolution
Evolution of Skin Color
Examples of Evolution we Studied in this unit
Conditions for Evolution
Miscellaneous
100

Petrified wood is an example of what kind of evidence for evolution?

Fossil

100

What is the name for the pigment that causes different skin colors?

Melanin

100

These marine animals are closely related to hippos.

whales 

100

Organisms are born or hatch with characteristics that are different.

Variation

100

Breeds of the American Kennel Club are produced this way.

Selective breeding or Artificial Selection

200

Base sequences that code for a protein can be this kind of evidence for evolution.

DNA

200

What latitude would you find more indigenous populations with the trait for large amounts of melanin?

0 degrees or the Equator

200

What is the name of the trait that was selected for in African Elephants?

Tusklessness.

200

Dogs are born with traits based on genes from their mother and father.

Inheritance

200

Similarity in body parts between different species is called this.

Homologous

300
Comparing the structures in embryo is this kind of evidence for evolution

Embryology or comparative anatomy

300

What is the name of the molecule that is considered "Biological Gold"? 

Folate

300

These organisms evolved during the Industrial Revolution.

Peppered Moths

300

As a population changes it does so because of selective pressure.

Adaptation

300

This famous scientist studied finches in the 1800s.

Charles Darwin

400

The small hind-leg-like structures found in whale skeletons are an example of this.

Vestigeal structures

400

Name the vitamin that needs ultraviolet light in order for our body to produce.

Vitamin D

400

These animals evolved different color fur because of a cooled lava flows in a desert.

Rock pocket mice.

400

The environmental conditions determine traits that allow certain organisms to survive and reproduce.

Selective Pressure

400

The two types of melanin.

Eumelanin and Pheomelanin

500

Comparisons of embryos of different animals is this kind of evidence.

Embryology or Comparative Anatomy

500
Name a factor that is responsible for high levels of UV intensity in small spots in northern parts of the world.

(High) elevation

500

Where is the oldest rock layer in the Grand Canyon

At the bottom of the canyon.

500

Some organisms are better fit for the environment, survive longer and reproduce more.

Differential survival or natural selection

500

The name for scientists who study fossils.

Paleontologist