hardened tree sap that sometimes trapped and preserved ancient animals
What is amber?
100
A group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce among themselves
What is a species?
100
No longer found as a living species, for example, dinosaurs.
What is extinct?
100
The survival of offspring that have favorable traits
What is natural selection?
100
The study of human beings
What is anthropology?
200
This is formed when an organism is buried by sediments and the sediments change into rock.The organism decays and leaves a cavity, or opening, in the rock.
What is a mold?
200
The process by which species change over time.
What is evolution?
200
One of two structures that support the theory of evolution.
What are homologous structures or vestigial structures?
200
The differences in the beaks of finches are examples of this evolutionary trait
What is variation?
200
An insect in amber is an example of this.
What is a fossil?
300
Sometimes a mold fills with sand or mud. The sand or mud hardens and this is formed.
What is a cast?
300
A trait that helps an organism survive in its environment.
What is an adaptation?
300
Body parts that have the same basic structure, like a flipper, leg, or wing.
What are homologous structures?
300
Darwin set sail on this ship in 1831
What is the HMS Beagle?
300
The long neck of a giraffe is an example of this.
What is an adaptation?
400
The remains or traces of a once living organism
What is a fossil?
400
A change in a gene.
What is a mutation?
400
Body parts that seem to have no function, like your tailbone!
What are vestigial structures?
400
He proposed a theory of evolution in his book, "The Origin of the Species."
Who is Charles Darwin?
400
Harmful materials from factories, cars, and trash found in air, land, or water.
What is pollution?
500
A type of fossil that shows evidence of an organism's behavior, such as bite marks or a footprint.
What is a trace fossil?
500
Differences in traits among individuals of a species.
What is a variation?
500
Each species produces more offspring than can survive.
What is overproduction?
500
One of the important places that Darwin visited.
What are the Galapagos Islands
500
What will happen to the offspring of white mice living on the brown florist floor over many generation.