Evolutionary Evidence
This type of evidence involves the study of ancient remains or imprints of once-living organisms
What is fossil evidence?
The name of the early supercontinent that existed around 300 million years ago
This term refers to the different versions of a gene that can exist in a population
What is an allele?
This man is often referred to as "the father of Evolution"
Who is Charles Darwin?
This term describes the process by which organisms better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce
What is Natural Selection?
What is the study of the geographical distribution of extinct and modern species?
What is Biogeography?
According to scientific estimates, the Earth is *this* old.
What is 4.5 billion years?
The term used to describe the full set of genetic material in an organism
What is a genome?
This British scientist is credited with developing the theory of natural selection
Who is Alfred Russel Wallace?
This is the primary mechanism by which stronger traits are passed down to future generations
What is Survival of the Fittest?
Dog breeding, Brassica plants, and corn are all results of *this*
Artificial Selection?
This major event occurred about 3.5 billion years ago, and marked the appearance of life on Earth
What is the emergence of prokaryotic cells?
This process of exchanging genetic material leads to genetic variation in offspring
What is crossing over?
This scientist's work on the laws of inheritance laid the foundation for the field of genetics
Who is Gregor Mendel
These are the three key components that contribute to natural selection
What are variation, competition, and differential reproduction?
Two unrelated species from different lineages showing similar characteristics may be evidence of *this*.
What is Convergent Evolution?
The process that led to the formation of the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans
What is outgassing?
Traits displaying variation within a population is known as *this*
What is Polymorphism?
This French botanist is known for proposing the theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics
Who is Jean-Baptiste Lamarck?
This phenomenon occurs when two populations of the same species adapt to different environments and eventually become separate species
What is Speciation?
Scientists use this to describe the study of embryonic development in different species to find evidence of common ancestry.
What is comparative embryology?
What type of microscopic structures, found in ancient rocks, were the first sign of life on earth?
What are stromatolites?
This type of genetic mechanism is a theorem used to determine why natural selection would not take place
What is Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium?
This scientist’s study of fossil records and biogeography helped to establish the idea of evolution through descent with modification
Who is Charles Lyell?
What is the term for a trait that has evolved because it increases an organism's chances of survival or reproduction
What is an adaptive trait?