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Vocabulary
Theories
Scientists
Principles of Natural Selection Theory
Evidence
100
Traces of organisms that existed in the past
What is a fossil?
100
Theory that states natural disasters have happened during Earth's long history. These events shaped Earth's land- forms and caused species to become extinct. 
What is catastrophism?
100
This scientist proposed that all organisms evolved toward perfection and complexity.
Who is Lamarck?
100

All individuals of a species that live in a particular area are called

Population

100
These occur in different layers of the Earth's crust and give an insight as to which organisms existed during a particular time frame
What are fossils?
200
A measure of the ability to survive and produce more offspring relative to other members of the population in a given environment. 
What is fitness?
200
Principle that stated land-forms resulted from slow changes over a long period of time
What is gradualism?
200

Fossil evidence shows that structures considered vestigial in living organisms-

a. are not found in ancient organisms

b. have always been vestigial

c. were useful to their ancestors

C. were useful to their ancestors

200
producing a large amount of offspring to ensure survival
What is overproduction?
200
Organisms migrated from a main land to an island. This is an example of what type of evidence?
What is geography?
300
Structures that perform a similar function but are not similar in origin
What is analogous structures?
300
Theory that geologic processes that shape the Earth are uniform through time. 
What is uniformitarianism?
300
The scientist who proposed a new system for classification of organisms which we still use today.
Who is Carolus Linnaeus?
300
Having a variation that makes you better suited for the environment and for competition
What is adaptation?
300
Studying homologous structures of organisms is an example of this type of evidence
What is anatomy?
400
Process of biological change by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors.
What is evolution?
400
When humans change a species by breeding it for certain traits
What is artificial selection?
400

Which theory ties the fields of biology and geology together?

evolution  or uniformitarianism  or gradualism

Evolution

400
Heritable differences that exist in every population and are the basis for natural selection
What is variation?
400
When two organisms look identical as larva but differentiate as adults. This evidence type is an example of ________.
What is embryology?
500
Remnants of organs or structures that had a function in an early ancestor
What are vestigial structures?
500
The mechanism by which individuals that have inherited beneficial adaptations produce more offspring on average than other individuals
What is natural selection?
500
The scientist who developed the theory of natural selection and published a book titled On the Origin of Species
Who is Charles Darwin?
500
The key phrase that describes natural selection. 
What is survival of the fittest?
500
Using DNA and protein sequences to determine relationship between organisms
What is genetics and molecular biology?