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Evolution
Natural Selection
Adaptations
Evidence for Evolution
Miscellaneous
100

Where the famed naturalist formed his theory of evolution

What are the Galapagos Islands

100

The continued existence of organisms which are best adapted to their environment, with the extinction of others

What is Survival of the Fittest?

100

This is how species form by geographically separating the organisms.  

What is allopatric speciation?

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 Selection)

200

A variation in an organism that helps it survive in its environment

What is Adaptation?

200

An example: a human's arm and a whale's fin.

What is 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 organism that the famed naturalist observed to study evolution

What are The Galapagos Finches?

300
An organism matches its surroundings in order to hide
What is Camouflage?
300

You look outside and see that several ant populations look similar to each other.

What is Direct Observation?

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 a mutation?

400

This type of speciation occurs when an organism cannot mate because their sexual organs are incompatible 

What is mechanical isolation
400

Two organisms of different ancestors have similar traits because they live in the same environment.

What is convergent evolution?

400

Physical proof that ancient organisms shared similar features to their present day ancestors

What are fossils?

400
A diagram that shows shared features and evolutionary relationships. 

What is a cladogram?

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

This describes how certain single celled organisms fight against chemicals meant to kill them.

What is antibiotic resistance?

500

When all organisms of different species come from a common ancestor

What is Adaptive Radiation

500

During gestation, human and lizards look very similar to each other

What is embryology?

500
This is what bacterial reproduction is called

What is binary fission?