Evolution
Natural Selection
Adaptations
Evidence for Evolution
Miscellaneous
100
The change in the genetic composition of a population of a species over time is
Evolution
100
The survival and reproduction of the organisms that are genetically best fit for their environment
Natural Selection
100
Any characteristic that allows an organism to better survive in it's environment
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
The theory that evolution occurs slowly over long periods of time
gradualism
200
The variety of dog and cat breeds that we have today are a product of _________ _____________.
What is Artificial Breeding (Selective Breeding) or artificial selection
200
The three main types of adaptations are
structural, physiological, and behavioral
200
a bird's wing and an insects wing are what type of structures
analogous 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 name of the islands where Darwin studied and gathered his evidence on Natural Selection
What are The Galapagos Islands?
300
Webbed feet on a duck for swimming is which type of adaptation
Structural
300
anatomical features found in different species that share a common ancestry but perform different functions such as the forelimbs of humans, whales, and bats,
homologous structures
300
A group of organisms that are genetically similar and can reproduce viable offspring (offspring that are fertile themselves).
Species
400
The ideas that a species remains unchanged over long periods of time but during brief periods of time, rapid changes occur
punctuated equilibrium
400
How is the theory of natural selection different from Lamarck's theory?
Lamarck said that organisms acquire traits during their lifetime and then pass them on to their offspring
400
Wolves hunting in packs to take down larger prey is which type of adaptation
behavioral
400
What category of evidence is presented here?
Biochemical or genetic evidence
400
Name this process:
adaptive radiation
500
This evolutionary diagram illustrates the branching order based on shared characteristics
cladogram
500
How well an organism survives based on structural, physiolgical or behavioral adaptations is the organism's ____.
fitness
500
venom production or hibernation are examples of which type of adaptation
Physiological Adaptation
500
What type of evidence for evolutino is presented here?
Embryological
500
The process where unrelated species independently evolve similar traits as a result of adapting to similar environments or ecological niches.
convergent evolution