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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 Natural Selection?

100

Slow change of an organism that has many transitional fossils in the rock layers over time

What is gradualism?

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

Mechanism for Evolution

What is Natural Selection

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
A group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce
What is a species?
400

Evolution can only occur if this is involved

What is Genetic Variety?

400

What are the four steps of natural selection?

What are overproduction, variation, competition, and selection.

400
An organism imitates an animal
What is Mimicry?
400

Two organisms share a large amount of similar DNA

What are Common Ancestors.

400

The more variation in a species

What is the more likely it is to survive?

500

Two different organisms are alike, then 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

Rapid change in an organism followed by a long period of no change

What is punctuated equilibrium?

500

In embryology, the embryos are very similar to each other.  What does this suggest?

What is a common ancestor?

500

It is important for new individuals to come into a population.  What does this provide for?

Genetic Variation