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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

Why do some organisms survive while others do not

What is adaptations/ survival of the fittest

100

Closest ancestor to humans

chimpanzee 

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
An example of a structure that is homologous to a cat’s paw.
What is a Dog’s paw, human arm, bat wing, whale flipper
200

The first set of organisms that lived on Earth

What is Bacteria?

300
Charles Darwin
Who is the father of Evolution?
300
The name of the islands where Darwin studied and gathered his evidence on Natural Selection
What are The Galapagos Islands?
300
An organism matches its surroundings in order to hide
What is Camouflage?
300
Body parts that share a common function but have a different structure
What is an analogous structure?
300

What did Darwin study during his voyage 

The different species of finches.

400

The reason why most species are different 

What is Genetic Variety?

400

How is the theory of natural selection different from Lamarck's theory?

Lamarck said that organisms acquire traits during their lifetime and then pass them on to their offspring

400

sources that increase genetic variation
(name 2 at least)

sexual reproduction, genetic mutation and meiosis 

400
Two organisms share a large amount of similar DNA
What are siblings?
400

Remains or traces of organisms that lived in the past

what are fossils

500
Two different organisms are alike, they share this in their bloodline
What is a Common Ancestor?
500
A little child catches a fly and pulls its wings off. The fly actually lives a better life, but does not pass its lack of wings on to its offspring because the loss of wings is an _________ _______.
What is an Acquired Trait?
500

Organisms produce more offspring than can survive.

overproduction

500
In embryology, the embryos are very similar to each other
What is a common ancestor?
500

A group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce

What is a species?