Evolution

Natural Selection

100

Who came up with the idea of natural selection?

Darwin and Wallace 

200

Give one example of a pressure that would cause natural selection to take place. 

Resource availability

300

In a dark forest which organism would live longer a black moth or white moth?

Black 

400

An organisms ability to pass its genetic material on to its offspring is _______

This means they are able to drive natural selection!

Fitness

Survival of the fittest

500

What are the 3 requirements for natural selection?

1. Traits can be passed down

2. Variation in the population

3. competition or pressure

Vocab words

100

when an entire species dies out is called what 

Extinction

200

slight differences in an inherited trait 

Variation

300

The study of how an embryo develops. 

Embryology

400

Inherited trait that increases an organisms chance of survival. 

Adaptation

500

Homologous Structure 

physical features in different species that share a common evolutionary ancestor, even if they serve different functions

Fun Facts

100

What is Ms.Collins first name?

SPELLING COUNTS 

Kloe 

200

What is Ms. Collins favorite animal? 

Elephants 

300

In what state was Ms. Collins Born?

Iowa

400

Ms. Collins has worked at which of the following:

a. McDonals

b. Starbucks

c. SixFlags

d. Lifeguard

C. SixFlags 

500

What is Ms. Collins favorite dinosour?

Velociraptor 

Random Evolution

100

Structure of organisms is called?

Anatomy 

200

When one species changes enough to become a new species 

Speciation

300

Scientists use the layers of rock in the earth as well as carbon dating in order to find the relative age of what?

Fossils!

400

We share a specific percent of this with bananas 

DNA

500

Did humans evolve from monkeys? 

NO we share a common ancestor. 

Artificial Selection

100

What are the 3 kinds of adaptation?

Structure, Behavior, Physiological

200

What is the goal of selective breeding?

Produce better offspring for the desire trait. 

300

Define selective breeding. 

Human involvement selecting for certain desired traits. 

400

Positives of selective breeding

Happens quickly and can benefit humans especially when it comes to food. 

500

Drawbacks of selective breeding

Reduces the variation quickly

inbreeding making organisms prone to disease and genetic defects.