Evolution
Natural Selection
Adaptations
Evidence for Evolution
Miscellaneous
100
This involves population and individuals
What is Evolution?
100
The survival and reproduction of the organisms that are genetically best fit for their environment
What is the definition of Natural Selection?
100

An organism from which a different organism evolved

What is a common ancestor?

100
The hip bones of a dolphin and the tailbone of a human
What are Vestigial Structures?
100

The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment.

What is Fitness?

200
A theory (explanation) supported by evidence for how populations change over time
What is evolution?
200

The variety of dog and cat breeds that we have today are a product of _________ _____________.

What is Artificial Breeding (Selective Breeding)

200
A variation in an organism that helps it survive
What is Adaptation?
200

A Dog’s paw, human arm, batwing, whale flipper

What are homologous structures?


200
The first set of organisms that lived on Earth
What is Bacteria?
300
Charles Darwin
Who is the father of Evolution?
300

The islands where Darwin studied and gathered his evidence on Natural Selection

What are The Galapagos Islands?

300

Favorable traits

What are adaptations?

300
Body parts that share a common function but have a different structure
What is an analogous structure?
300
A group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce
What is a species?
400
Evolution can only occur is this is involved
What is Genetic Variety?
400

Individuals of a species compete for resources.

What is a factor in natural selection?

400

increases diversity in a species.

What is variation?

400

comparing the structure, or anatomy, of different species

What is comparative anatomy?

400

The root of a phylogenetic tree

what is the common ancestor?

500
Two different organisms are alike, they share this in their bloodline
What is a Common Ancestor?
500

Traits are coded in segments of DNA called

What are genes?

500

a change in the genetic code

What is a mutation?

500

three types of structures scientists study when comparing anatomy of different species

What are homologous structures, analogous structures, and vestigial structures?

500
It is important for new individuals to come into a population
What is evolution?