Evolution
Known as Change over Time
Evolution
Preserved remains of a once living organisms
Fossils
Helps an organism survive and reproduce
Adaptation
Collection of fossils and their placement on the time scale
Fossil Record
If food starts to disappear for a specific organism, what will most likely happen?
The organism will eventually become extinct
Every member of the species dies
Extinction
A new predator is introduced to an area, a particular organism is able to blend into the environment to hid from the predator. What is this adaptation known as?
Camouflage
If we found a fossil today, would it look like the fossils from the beginning of the geologic time scale or a more recent piece of the time scale?
Darwin proposed an idea that all organisms come from a common ancestor, this is known as
Descent with Modification
Two skulls of a cat are found, one skull has smaller eye holes than the other, what does this show us?
Species can change over time