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Evolution
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Natural
Selection
Darwin
100
A change in the inherited characteristics of populations from one generation to the next

What is Evolution?

100
Individuals in a population that are better suited to the environment are more likely to survive and reproduce is

What is the definition of Natural Selection?

100

Are there more species of insects or mammals?

What is insects?

100

Which of the following is not likely a fossil... a tooth, a rock, a piece of bone, or a footprint

What is a rock?

100

The process by which a species forms?

What is speciation?

200
An event in which the last members of a species or group dies

What is extinction?

200
What is the name of the theory to describe how organisms have changed over time.

What is Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection?

200

A variation in an organism that helps it survive

What is Adaptation?

200

The law of superposition says what?

What is the rocks at the top are the youngest and the bottom are the oldest?

200

What caused the 5 major extinction events 

What is extreme climate change?

300

A population of green and brown moths live in a large pine forest. Why do the green moths have a better chance of survival?

What is camouflage?

300

Which type of organisms have existed on earth for the longest period of time?

What is Single-Celled Organisms (bacteria)
300
Mammals, bacteria, humans, fish.....  list organisms from youngest to oldest

What is Humans, Mammals, Fish, Bacteria?

300

What has happened to the rate of extinction over time?

What is increased and decreased?

300

A group of organisms that look alike, breed, and can produce living offspring

What is a species?

400

Why do organisms evolve?

What is to adapt to a changing environment?

400

In natural selection, organisms more suited for an environment are more likely to ________________ and ______________

What is survive and reproduce

400

Give an example of an adaptation that would be helpful for a mouse living in the desert. 

What is (various answers)

400

Evidence for evolutionary relationships can be shown through (Name 2 techniques)

What are fossils, embryos, skeletal structures, DNA?

400
A pelican is born with a larger bill than other pelicans of the same species. It was caused by

What is a mutation

500

Two different organisms have similar bone structures and features seen in the embryo, they share 

What is a Common Ancestor?

500

According to evidence from paleontologists and geologists, the earth is how old:

What is 4.6 billion years old. 

500
The possible Sixth Extinction will cause an increase in extinction due to

What is humans?

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

It was an acquired trait, not a genetic trait

500
Give one piece of evidence that supports that whales evolved from land mammals and not the other way around.

What is whale embryos have hair, whale embryos have hind limbs, skeletons found in rock layers?