Darwin
Darwin's first name.
What is Charles?
The term used for the variety of traits of an organism.
What is genetic variation?
The time frame over which evolution supposedly happened.
What is millions of years?
When a plant or animal is bred to get a specific, desirable trait
What is a selective breeding ?
Inherited physical trait that makes it better suited for the environment.
What is structural adaptation?
The country where Darwin lived.
What is England?
Organisms can only reproduce with their own ___________.
What is species?
The term for organisms descending from another but with differences.
What is descent with modification ?
When all the individuals of a species die off
What is extinction ?
Inherited behavior that makes it better suited for the environment.
What is behavioral adaptation?
The place where Darwin made his observations that led to his theory.
What is the Galapagos Islands?
Natural selection does not generate these.
What are new species?
The location where Darwin thought the original animals on Galapagos came from.
What is South America?
A species that is in danger of extinction
What is endangered species?
Camouflage is an example of this.
What is a structural adaptation?
The birds that Darwin studied.
What are finches?
A damaged gene variation that is then passed onto future generations
What is a mutation?
The type of food that the finch with a large, strong beak would eat.
What is seeds?
Loss of genetic diversity can cause this.
What is extinction?
Mating dances and nest decorating are examples of this.
What are behavioral adaptations?
The process by which organisms with traits that better suit the environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.
What is natural selection?
Mutations, formation of gametes, sexual reproduction are the sources of this.
What is genetic variation?
The type of food that the finch with a small, narrow beak would eat.
What is insects?
The term for a non-native species.
What is exotic?
Mimicry is an example of this.
What is a structural adaptation?