The species of finches that Charles Darwin found on different Galápagos Islands varied in certain structural adaptations. This difference of the birds was most noted.
What are beaks
100
What did Charles Darwin learn from reading the work of James Hutton and Charles Lyell?
What is that the earth is very old, and gradual change over long periods of time can result in dramatic changes.
100
When a dairy farmer chooses to breed the cows that give the most milk in the herd, the farmers are following the principle of
What is artificial selection.
100
Recall the peppered moth experiments we completed in class. From where did the genes of dark moths probably originate?
What is a mutation.
100
The bone structure of a cat leg, bat wing and whale flipper are similar because of this.
What is they are homologous due to common ancestry.
200
The number and location of bones of many fossil vertebrates are similar to those in living vertebrates. This is evidence in support of which of concept?
What is common descent.
200
Whose theory operated on the idea that traits arise as a result of the actions of organisms as they use or fail to use body structures.
Who is Lamarck.
200
They are the ones that are best adapted to survive in their environment. This statement is consistent with what theory?
What is evolution by natural selection.
200
Recall the peppered moth experiments we completed in class. If there had been no predators in the forest, would you expect the population to have changed?
What is No, because darker moths would not have had higher fitness than the light moths.
200
The dorsal fin of a dolphin and a shark are similar because of this.
What is they are analogous due to common function.
300
These are the three patterns of biodiversity that Darwin noted on his travels
What are species vary globally, locally, and over time.
300
The economist Thomas Malthus suggested this
What is that without certain checks on population size, there would soon be insufficient food for the growing human population.
300
Charles Darwin called the ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its specific environment this.
What is fitness.
300
Which type of moth was more common after the Industrial Revolution?
What is the dark moth.
300
This is a term used to describe the adaptation of a population in response to pollution.
What is Industrial melanism
400
This was the name of the ship that Darwin set out on where he served as the ship's naturalist.
What is the HMS Beagle.
400
Darwin called this the process by which organisms with variations most suited for their local environment survive and leave more offspring.
What is natural selection.
400
Biogeography is the study of this.
What is where species and their ancestors live.
400
What are the three ingredients for natural selection?
What is variation, selection and time.
400
Name a vestigial structure found in humans.
What is wisdom teeth, appendix, tail bone.
500
Any heritable characteristic that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its environment is called this.
What is an adaptation.
500
How old to scientists believe the earth to be?
What is 4 1/2 Billion years
500
In humans, the pelvis and femur, or thigh bone, are involved in walking. In whales, the pelvis and femur are considered to be this.
What is vestigial structures.
500
How did the beak lab model natural selection?
What is that birds with beaks that were well suited for the environment were more likely to survive.
500
These are preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms.