Vocabulary
The process of biological change by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors.
What is Evolution
The natural science that studies life and living organisms, including their physical structure, chemical processes, molecular interactions, physiological mechanisms, development and evolution.
What is Biology
Theories about the land forms on earth that provide support for Evolution.
What are Geologic Theories.
Darwin observed differences in organisms of the same species during his voyage to what islands?
What is the Galapogos.
Opposite of Natural Selection.
What is Artificial Selection.
A group of organisms so similar to one another that they can reproduce and have fertile offspring.
What is a Species.
The scientific study of the behavior, structure, physiology, classification, and distribution of animals.
What is Zoology
Name one of the three types of geological theories.
What is catastrophism, gradualism, or uniformitarianism.
Darwin specifically studied differences in this species of bird.
What are finches.
What scientists call the ability to pass on traits to offspring.
What is heritability.
Traces of organisms that existed in the past.
What are Fossils.
The branch of biology and medicine concerned with the study of embryos and their development.
What is Embryology.
This theory states that geologic processes are uniform (big hit right here, too), meaning they follow a pattern that is similar over time.
What is Uniformitarianism.
Darwin found evidence of his theory of evolution while studying these traces of organisms from long ago.
What are fossils.
The mechanism by which individuals that have inherited adaptations produce more offspring than needed to survive.
What is Natural Selection.
Differences is physical traits among individuals within the same group.
What are variations.
This branch of biology, which is the study of embryonic development, is considered one of the main evidences of evolution.
What is Embryology.
This theory states that slow gradual (big hint right here) changes happen over a long period of time.
What is gradualism.
From his observations on and study on environmental differences, Darwin concluded that (blank) can lead to genetic changes in a population over time.
What are adaptations.
This word could explain a struggle for resources between organisms.
What is Competition.
A feature that allows an organism to better survive in their environment.
What is an Adaptation.
The scientific study of the mind and behavior.
What is Psychology.
This theory states that natural disasters (catastrophes) have changed the landscape over a long period of time.
What is Catastrophism.
This type of turtle seemed to be well suited to survive in differing, vegetation producing environments.
What is tortoise.
Organisms better able to survive will eventually reproduce in larger quantities than other organisms of similar species when this happens.
What is drastic change in environment.