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Theory of Evolution
Natural Selection
Species and adaptations
Selection pressures
Examples
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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

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

What is a species?

100

Environmental factors that favour certain traits over others, influencing the survival and reproductive success of organisms.

What are 'Selection Pressures?'

100

Are there more species of insects or mammals?

What is insects?

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

What is extinction?

200

Word that refers to how well an organism's traits allow it to survive and reproduce in its environment.

What is 'Fitness?'

200

A variation in an organism that helps it survive

What is Adaptation?

200

What common factor is known to have caused the 5 major extinction events 

What is extreme climate change?

200

How did the finches on the Galapagos Islands demonstrate natural selection?

Different beak shapes evolved to utilize different food sources.

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

The name of the islands where Darwin studied and gathered his evidence on Natural Selection

What are The Galapagos Islands?

300
Mammals, bacteria, humans, fish.....  list organisms from youngest to oldest

What is Humans, Mammals, Fish, Bacteria?

300

The idea that individuals best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.

What is 'Survival of the Fittest?'

300
A pelican is born with a larger bill than other pelicans of the same species. It is an example of:

Variation in a trait

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

The first living organism on Earth was what type of organism?

What is bacteria?

400

It results from limited resources, leading to survival of those best adapted.

What is competition?

400

Provide an example of the impact of climate change on natural selection in a specific species.

Changes in temperature or habitat can favour individuals with traits better suited to the new conditions.

500
Two different organisms are alike, they share this in their bloodline
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 process by which a species forms?

What is speciation?

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

What is humans?

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?