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Evolution
Natural Selection
Adaptations
Evidence for Evolution
Geological Time Scale
100
A theory (explanation) supported by evidence for how populations change over time
What is evolution?
100
The name of the islands where Darwin studied and gathered his evidence on Natural Selection
What are The Galapagos Islands?
100

The three examples of adaptation

What is behavioral, structural, and physiological adaptation?

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

These types of animals only lived during the Mesozoic Era.

What are dinosaurs?

200

The father of Evolution.

Who is Charles Darwin?

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

The bones in a human arm and whale flipper are similar in their structure but have different functions

What are homologous structures?

200

How old paleontologist think the Earth is.

What is 4600 million years old?
300

When a breeding population can no longer interbreed with the previous generation, this has occurred. 

What is speciation?

300
A group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce
What is a species?
300
The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment.
What is Fitness?
300
Body parts that share a common function but have a different structure
What is an analogous structure?
300

What is the shortest division of the geological time scale?

What is Epoch?

400

Evolution can only occur if this is involved

What is variation?

400
The survival and reproduction of the organisms that are genetically best fit for their environment
What is the definition of Natural Selection?
400
An organism imitates an animal
What is Mimicry?
400

In embryology, the embryos are very similar to each other due to a....

What is a common ancestor?

400

The first types of organisms that lived on Earth

What are Archae Bacteria?

500

Occurs when there is a change in a population of breeding animals

What is Evolution?

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 _________ Trait.

What is an Acquired Trait?

500
The venom of the black mamba snake is an example of a type of adaptaion
What is an example of Physiological Adaptation?
500

In early embryonic development, vertebrates have these structure in common.

What are tails and gills

500

The era we are currently living in.

What is the Cenozoic?