Charles Darwin
The name of the ship that Charles Darwin went on his voyage on
What is the HMS Beagle
The study of the Earth
What is Geology
The term that is used to describe how well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment
What is fitness
The two types of structures that are analyzed by scientists to try to determine common ancestry
What are 1. analogous structures 2. homologous structure
The name of the islands that Darwin spent most of his time observing
What are the Galápagos Islands
The idea in which Lamarack proposed, which was later found out to be wrong
What is that organisms determine which traits are inherited by their offspring
When every organism of a species has died
What is extinction
The study of where organisms live now and their ancestors lived in the past
What is biogeography
The name of the bird species that Darwin used for observations
What is the Finch
The process that (for example) an animal breeder would use to increase the amount of milk his cows produce
What is artificial selection
The process by which organisms in nature with variations most suited to their local environment survive and leave more offspring
What is natural selection
The structures found in modern organisms that have lost much of their function over time
What are vestigial structures
The three conclusions about evolution that Darwin concluded from his voyage
What are... 1. Species vary globally 2. Species Vary locally 3. Species vary over time
The names of the two scientists that proposed that the Earth was ancient and was still changing; this idea influenced Darwin
What are Hutton and Lyell
The principal that all species are united through descent from a single species
What is common ancestry
The limb of a human and the limb of a bat would be an indication of which type of structure
What are homologous structures
The idea that surfaced on Darwin's journey about different traits within the same species
What is variation
The definition of Uniformitarianism
What is that laws of nature are consistent over time; using past events to explain future events
Guppies that are different colors are displaying different ______________.
What are variants
The strongest evidence of evolution
What is DNA evidence