Ancestry Trees
This term describes an organism that descended into two or more species
Common Ancestor
Where did Charles Darwin spend a lot of time on doing his research? (Spelling must be close enough, but doesn't need to be perfect)
Galapagos Islands
This gas is the #1 greenhouse gas emitted by humans.
Carbon Dioxide
True or False - Humans can impact other organisms' carrying capacity.
True
Traits that are passed down from parent to offspring are called _________ traits
Inherited
Embryos of fish, humans, and chickens all look similar. What is the common trait those organisms share?
Vertebrate OR spine OR backbone OR something similar.
What body part of finches did Charles Darwin focus his research on?
Beaks
As the environment changes, this process determines which individuals in a species survives, or not.
Natural Selection
Resources like food, shelter, space, and water are also known as...
Limiting Factors
Looking at layers of soil that go back through time, we find evidence of past life. All of this evidence together is called the...
Does a T-Rex have more in common with a chicken or an alligator?
Chicken
Darwin's research says that organisms do this over long periods of time in response to the environment. (Not evolve)
Adapt
If a species can't adapt in time to the changing climate, this will happen to the species
Go extinct
If food becomes scarce, populations will...
Decrease
This is the name of the ship that Darwin traveled on.
HMS Beagle
How do organisms acquire new traits through evolution on the Ancestry Trees?
Mutation OR random
Darwin found that certain species of finches lived long enough to have babies, while others didn't. The babies that lived had better traits to survive and make more babies. This process is called...
Natural Selection
This is the process of Carbon being absorbed by the environment, released to the environment, absorbed again, released again, and so on...
Carbon Cycle
If there are too many organisms of one species in a certain amount of space, the population might...
decrease
If there's too many predators in an environment, what happens to the prey?
All get eaten / go extinct
Species that are farther apart on a phylogenetic tree have [MORE / LESS] in common with each other than species that are closer together.
LESS
Natural Selection talks about how organisms that are more adapted for an environment will live. This is also known as the "Survival of the __________"
Fittest
NOT just fit
The two aspects of Evolution and Natural Selection is: 1) LOTS of small changes & 2) Happens over a...
Long Time
What is one factor that can help a population increase?
More food. More space. More water. More shelter.
[Other answers apply]
Darwin looked at a couple different animals. Finches and tortoises mainly. What physical trait was Darwin looking at tortoises for?
Shell shape and/or neck length