Evolution is cool
Evolution is still cool
I love evolution
Darwin is my favorite human
Fossils rock!
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The process in which a species has changed over time is known as this.
What is evolution?
100
He is known as the Father of Evolution
Darwin
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This type of fossil dating uses chemical signatures in the rocks to give a precise age of the fossil.
What is absolute dating?
100
The ability of an individual to survive and reproduce is known as this.
What is fitness?
100
A mistake in the genetic code of a section of DNA is known as a ______________.
mutation
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Similar structures that evolved from a common ancestor such as bones humans, cats, bats, and whales have in common.
Homologous Structures
200
The concept that members of each species are seeking the same food, space, and other necessities is known as this.
What is competition?
200
Any inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of survival is known as this.
What is an adaptation?
200
Darwin was from the 1800's. What part of modern science did he lack knowledge of in order to better explain how traits were passed down from parent to offspring?
genetics and DNA
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When fossils are found in the same rock strata, or layer, what does that say about the organism?
They died at the same time
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Preserved remains of ancient organisms
What are fossils?
300
This term refers to different traits and alleles within a population.
What is variation?
300
The concept that organisms who are the best suited to their environment will be the most successful
What is survival of the fittest?
300
The "parent" species from which two or more separate species evolved is known as _____________.
a. population
b. species
c. common ancestor
C - common ancestor
300
The earth supposedly began as a big ball of molten rock and metal approximately how long ago?
4.5 billion years
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What characteristic did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?
Their beaks!
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The concept of humans selecting desired traits in species.
What is Artificial Selection?
400
Structures with similar functions but are not similar in origin like a butterfly wing and a bat wing. These are not proof of a common ancestor but proof that evolution can occur
Analogous Structures
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What are the 3 of the 5 evidences of evolution?
Structures, DNA, Fossils, Embryos, and geography
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movement of genes into or out of a population. Such movement may be due to migration of individual organisms that reproduce in their new populations, or to the movement of gametes
Gene flow
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Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring?
Natural Selection
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When two or more species evolve together, sometimes in response to one another either beneficially or competitively. What is this evolutionary concept called?
What is coevolution?
500
The embryos of different organisms look similar because...
the developed from common ancestors
500
The bones of this ocean animal (mammal) have been examined and proven that their ancestors at one time walked on land. They are distantly related to the hippopotamus.
What is a whale?
500
_________ describes evolution toward similar traits in unrelated species, like when animals look white and have lots of fur or fat in the Artic.
Convergent evolution