Charles Darwin
Darwin visited this place during his journey
what is Galapagos Islands
Structures that are no longer used by an organism
What is Vestigial Structures
A new species evolves
What is Speciation
Humans can breed plants and animals to have desired traits
What is Artificial Selection
The number of species in an area
What is Population
The person who is famous for visiting the Galapagos Islands and his theory about evolution
Who is Charles Darwin
Similar structures inherited from a common ancestor
What is Homologous structures
new species without geographic separation
What is Sympatric Separation
Ability to survive
What is Fitness
How many each allele is found in the population
What is Allele Frequency
French naturalist who influenced Darwin with the inheritance of acquired characteristics
Who is Jean Baptiste Lamarck
Structures that are similar in unrelated organisms
What is Analogous Structures
Species in symbiotic relationships tend to evolve together
What is Coevolution
Natural process that results in the survival and reproductive success
What is Natural Selection
Random change that occurs in a small population
What is Genetic Drift
English Geologist who influenced Darwin with believing the Earth is older than people thought
Who is Charles Lyell
What is Comparative Embryology
Geologic and climate conditions are stable
What is Gradualism
Science of classifying organisms
What is Taxonomy
Evolutionary charge over a small period of time
What is Microevolution
English economist who influenced Darwin with believing the weakest die and the strong survive.
Who is Thomas Malthus
The study of how and why plants and animals live where they do
What is Biogeography
Conditions are changing and evolution happens more quickly
What is Punctuated Equilibrium
Scientist that studies fossils
geographical separation that does not allow species to interbreed.
What is Allopatric Speciation