The random appearance of a new trait in an organism.
What is a mutation?
100
This is an inherited trait that helps an organism survive.
What is an adaptation?
100
This dictates the traits of an organism.
What is Genotype?
100
What animals did Charles Darwin observe that helped lead him to his theory of evolution.
What is finches beaks?
100
The ability of an animal to fit in into its surroundings.
What is camouflage?
200
A way of seeing the chromosomes of an offspring on paper.
What is the karyotype?
200
As a populations' habitat changes over time, a species with a high level of variation would have this.
What is a better chance of survival?
200
The order of nitrogen bases along a gene determines this.
What is a Gene Code?
200
In natural selection, this is the agent that "selects" for or against traits of an organism.
What is the environment?
200
A group of genetically similar organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring.
What is species?
300
Pattern of long, stable periods interrupted by the brief periods of more rapid change.
What is Punctuated Equilibrium?
300
Something that can be inherited through genetic characteristics.
What is variation?
300
The more alike two different organisms are, the more recently they share a ________.
What is a Common Ancestor?
300
Evolution can only occur if there is _______
What is genetic variation?
300
The theory that existing life forms have evolved from earlier forms over long periods of time.
What is evolution?
400
What was the name of the boat that Charles Darwin sailed in?
A) The H.H Bettle
B) The Starship
C) The H.M.S Beagle
What is The H.M.S Beagle
400
The three types of isolation that can create new species.
What is Behavioral Isolation, Geographic Isolation, and Temporal Isolation?
400
Explains inheritance of hair and skin color, which does not follow Mendelian inheritance.
What is polygenic inheritance?
400
The hip bones of a dolphin and the tailbone of a human are examples of _____.
What is Vestigial Structures?
400
Type of diagram that shows the relationship of organisms to their ancestors as well as common ancestry.
What is a phylogenetic/evolutionary tree?
500
Give the definition of an analogous structure.
What is the body parts that share a common function but have a different structure?
500
Used to measure how a particular trait contributes to reproductive success in a
given environment and results from adaptations.
What is the concept of fitness?
500
A little child catches a fly and pulls off its wings. The fly actually lives a better life, but does not pass its lack of wings on to its offspring because the loss of wings is an _____
What is Acquired Trait?
500
Scientists who proposed the Earth was millions of years old due to their geological findings.
*(Hint say "who were" instead of "what is")
Who were James Hutton and Charles Lyell?
500
The survival and reproduction of organisms that are genetically best fit foe their environment.