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Evolution
Natural Selection
Adaptations
Evidence for Evolution
Miscellaneous
100

Something that can be inherited through genetic characteristics... means that everyone is different!

What is variation?

100
The survival and reproduction of the organisms that are genetically best fit for their environment
What is the definition of Natural Selection?
100

What does the thumb represent from the 5 fingers of evolution? 

What is adaptation?

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
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 formation of a new species is called?

(Vocab term) Hint* You know it's a new species when the new species cannot breed with the original species

What is Speciation?

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

What do scientists use in real life to decide which ancestor is more recent and which is more distant?

What is DNA Analysis? 

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

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 finch beaks?

400
An organism imitates an animal
What is Mimicry?
400

How are fossils used to support evolution?

Finding fossils in the same region could give us an idea of change over time. The deeper the fossil is buried, the older it is. We can observe change over time with fossils. 

400

What is the name of the model that sorts species based upon their characteristics? 

What is a cladogram?

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

Give an accurate example of Natural Selection. 

Answers will vary.

500

Birds changed beak size/shape based upon what?

What is the availability of food?

500

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

What is a common ancestor?

500

It is important for new individuals to come into a population. This is represented by pointer/index finger.

What is gene flow?