Vocabulary
Another word for a living thing; it can be an animal, a plant, or even a single-celled life form
What is an organism?
Charles Darwin developed the Theory of General Evolution when he saw this difference between different populations of Galapagos finches
What is beak size?
Naturalist who developed the theory of "evolution by natural selection"
Who is Charles Darwin?
Term for the development of species
What is speciation?
These are the four basic needs of all living things
What is...
...water?
...light?
...air?
...heat?
Term for the genetic changes experienced within a population as they grow more accustomed to their environment
(Double Jeopardy)
What are adaptations?
During the industrial revolution, people noticed that this kind of peppered moth became more common than the other
What are dark peppered moths?
This man studied the Galapagos finches
Who is Charles Darwin?
It is through His Word and ______ that we can know God
What is creation?
Term for something which is the opposite of another
(Double Jeopardy)
What is antithesis?
Process where traits that are better suited to different environments are more likely to be passed on
What is natural selection?
These are impromptu (often harmful) changes within the genetic code
What are (genetic) mutations?
This man faked photographs of peppered moths
Who is H. B. Kettlewell?
Model used by creationists to demonstrate development of different species
What is the Creationist Orchard?
This term was coined while scientists attempted to explain the changes observed in peppered moth populations
What is "industrial melanism"?
Process by which people purposefully influence changes within a species
What is artificial selection?
This animal is similar to a giraffe, but lacks the long neck--it is often used as an example to discredit the idea that giraffes gained their long necks by constantly stretching
What is an okapi?
This man argued that the earliest stages of an organism's development retraced its evolutionary history
This saying is often associated with Darwinian evolution
(Double Jeopardy)
What is "the survival of the fittest"?
Argument that organisms' body parts could be lost or changed based on how much they were used (this was one of the first theories about the development of a giraffe's long neck)
What is the Lamarckian Theory?
Term used to describe the range of different traits within a species
What is genetic variation?
This was the main factor which affected the beak sizes and shapes of different Galapagos finch populations
What are different food sources?
This man named his theory the "biogenetic law"
Who is Ernst Haeckel?
Belief that God used evolution to create life
What is theistic evolution?
Term used to describe populations of a species which have become geographically isolated from one another
What is allopatric?