Intro to Evolution
Who came up with the Theory of Evolution?
Charles Darwin
According to Darwin, different adaptations affect an individual's what?
Fitness
This theory is defined as the process of successive changes of characteristics of populations of species over long periods of time
Evolution
The study of where organisms live now and where they and their ancestors have lived in the past is known as
Biogeography
What is the most popular dog breed of 2024?
French bulldog
What island acted as Darwin's natural labratory?
Galapagos
Individuals that are well adapted to their enviornmentand can survive and reproduce have this kind of fitness
High fitness
This discredited theory is defined as body parts or organs will develop or degenerate based on their use or disuse
Use or disuse
Early developmental stages of vertebrates looking very similar describes which evidence of evolution
Embryological
Who is going to win March Madness? (Ms. Thompson looked at who is left and chose a team as the correct answer- that will be the correct answer).
Duke
What species did Darwin observe on the island?
Finches
The process by which organisms with variations best suited to their local environment survive and leave more offspring is called
Natural selection
This discredited theory is defined as individuals could acquire new traits during their lifetime in response to the environment
Inheritance of acquired characteristics
This is the driving force of evolution
Genetic mutations
How many hours will it take to walk from Bluefield, VA to Dallas, TX? Will accept an answer within 10 hours up or down as correct.
386 hours
What 3 patterns of biological diversity did Darwin discover on the island?
Species vary locally, globally, and over time
The emergence of a new species is called
Speciation
Humans selecting organisms with the variations that they find useful and breed these organisms to produce offspring with these desired variations is known as
Artifical selection
This principle states that all species (living and extinct), are descended from ancient common ancestors
Principle of common descent
How old is the Mickey Mouse?
94
Their beak sizes were all differnet, indicating that they had adapted to different food sources
Differences in rates of survival and reproduction is called
Survival of the fittest
When natural selection has lead to the permanent change in the frequency of a gene in a given population is known as
Biological evolution
Body parts that share common functions but do not contain common structures is known as
Analogous structures
What is the safest country in the world?
Iceland