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Darwin's first name.
What is "Charles"?
100
Name the term for the following definition: Individuals with advantageous traits are more likely to survive and reproduce.
What is "selection"?
100
To form a fossil, the remains of an organism are replaced by _____________ .
What are "minerals"?
100
In the fossil record, later fossils are more similar to modern organisms than early fossils. This suggests that ________ has occurred over time.
What is "change"?
100
The country where Charles Darwin was from.
What is "England"?
200
The types of birds Darwin studied to form his Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection.
What are "finches"?
200
Name the term for the following definition: Individuals within a population have slightly different traits.
What is "variation"?
200
All of the fossils that have ever been discovered make up the _________ ________.
What is the "fossil record"?
200
The similarities between the bones in a human arm and a bat wing is an example of ________ _______.
What are "common structures"?
200
4.6 billion years.
What is "the age of the Earth"?
300
The name of the ship Darwin traveled on for nearly 5 years.
What is the "HMS Beagle?"
300
This caused the finches on the Galapagos Islands to develop different beak types.
What are "different types of food"?
300
These types of fossils help fill in gaps of geologic time in the fossil record for which fossils have not been discovered.
What are "transitional fossils"?
300
The most recent species from which two different species have evolved.
What is a "common ancestor"?
300
The practice by which humans select plants or animals for breeding based on desired traits.
What is "artificial selection"?
400
The name of the island chain made famous by Darwin's studies.
What are the "Galapagos" Islands?
400
Name the term for the following definition: Each species produces more offspring than will survive to reproduce.
What is "overproduction"?
400
The relative age of fossils as they are discovered deeper in the the Earth's crust.
What is "older"?
400
The genetic information stored in an organism's ______ determines the organisms traits and can indicate how similar two species are.
What is "DNA"?
400
Name two animals that are a result of artificial selection?
What are "chickens, cows, dogs, etc."?
500
The revolutionary theory that Darwin formed based on his observations.
What is the "Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection"?
500
Name the term for the following definition: An inherited trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.
What is an "adaptation"?
500
The two types of rocks in which you are less likely to discover fossils.
What are "metamorphic" and "igneous"?
500
By analyzing the skeletons of extinct ancestors of whales, scientists discovered small remnants of leg bones. What does this indicate?
What is "whale ancestors lived on land"?
500
The process in which populations gradually change over time.
What is "evolution"?