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The Theory
Charles Darwin
Mechanisms of Evolution
Vocab
Wild Card
100
Something that can be inherited through genetic characteristics... means that everyone is different!
What is variation?
100
Where was Charles Darwin from?
What is England?
100
In natural selection, this is the agent that "selects" for or against traits of an organism.
What is the environment?
100
the vocab word that means change through time. The theory that existing life forms have evolved from earler forms over long periods of time.
What is evolution?
100

All living things have _____.

What are cells?

200
Organisms often have more ____________ than will survive.
What is offspring?
200

Where did Darwin gain evidence of natural selection?

What are the Galapagos Islands?

200
Any trace or remains of a once-living organsim that has been preserved by natural processes.
What is a fossil?
200
animals that have certain beneficial traits will survive better over time- survival of the best adapted- nature determines who will "win"
What is natural selection
200

The combination of all living and nonliving things in an area makes this.

What is an ecosystem?

300
When organisms try to get their fair share of a limited amount of resources.
What is competition?
300
What was the name of the boat that Darwin sailed in?
What is The Beagle
300
The random appearance of a new trait in an organism.
What is a mutation?
300

Organisms produce more offspring than the environment can support.

What is overproduction?

300

The process by which a duplicate sister cell is created.

What is Mitosis?

400
The process whereby organisms that have advantages survive and pass their genes onto their offspring.
What is natural selection?
400

What animals did Charles Darwin observe that helped lead him to his theory of evolution- and what did he notice about these animals?

What are finches beaks?

400

This type of rock builds in layers, preserving fossils and providing a record of living things.

What is sedimentary rock?

400
A group of genetically similar organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring.
What is a species?
400

The combination of both alleles inherited from each parent.

What is a genotype? 

500
A group of the same organism that occupies a specific area in a specific time.
What is a population?
500
Slang term that descibes how organisms that posess the best traits or adaptations for a particutlar environment are the ones that will successfully pass down their traits to their offspring.
What is "Survival of the Fittest?"
500
Any kind of inherited trait that improves an organism's chances of survival and reproduction in a given environment.
What is an adaptation?
500

The organism that links different species that share common traits.

What is a common ancestor?

500

The process that multicellular organism makes makes a gamete cell, specialized for reproduction.

What is Mieosis?