Vocab

Darwin & The Voyage to The Galapagos

Principles of Natural Selection

Sherlock Holmes?

Junk Drawer

True or False

Principles of Natural Selection Darwin & The Voyage to the Galapagos Sherlock Holmes Junk Drawer True or False Vocab 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500

A change in an organisms DNA. Vocabulary - 100 A change in an organisms DNA. What is a mutation?

Changes in heredity features of an organism over time. Vocabulary - 200 Changes in heredity features of an organism over time. What is evolution?

Vocabulary - 300 The evolution of one species into 2 different species that can no longer reproduce. What is speciation?

Mutations create in a population. Vocabulary - 400 Mutations create in a population. What is variation?

Similar organisms whose members can reproduce among themselves. Vocabulary - 500 Similar organisms whose members can reproduce among themselves. What is a species?

Darwin & The Galapagos - 100 This man based his theory of evolution by natural selection on his research and observation of plants & animals on the Galapagos Islands. Who is Charles Darwin?

Darwin & The Galapagos - 200 Where did Darwin think the Galapagos Island finches ancestors came from? What is South America?

Darwin & The Galapagos - 300 What were the variations in the finches that Darwin observed on the Galapagos Islands. What are beak size?

Darwin & The Galapagos - 400 (better suited for environment) Which one of Darwin’s Principles of Natural Selection is pictured here? What is Adapation? (better suited for environment)

Darwin & The Galapagos - 500 What is Natural Selection? Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution combines the ideas of inheritance of traits and… What is Natural Selection?

Principles of Natural Selection - 100 Differences in inherited traits among members of the same species. What is variation?

Principle of Natural Selection - 200 What is overproduction? In nature, organisms in a population usually produce more offspring than their environment can support. What is overproduction?

Principles of Natural Selection - 300 An inherited trait that gives an organism an advantage and makes it more likely to survive and reproduce. What is adaptation?

Principles of Natural Selection - 400 There must be ________ within the species. What is variation (or differences)?

Principle of Natural Selection - 500 What is natural selection? Organisms with helpful variations are better suited to survive and reproduce. Over time the offspring with helpful variations increase and become a larger percentage of the population. What is natural selection?

Sherlock Holmes - 100 Scientists can tell how closely organisms are related by comparing their... What is DNA or genes?

Provides direct evidence that living things have changed over time. Sherlock Holmes - 200 Provides direct evidence that living things have changed over time. What are fossils?

What are Homologous Structures? Sherlock Holmes - 300 Body parts in different species that are similar in origin and structure. What are Homologous Structures?

What is Vestigial Structures? Sherlock Holmes - 400 Body part(s) in modern organisms with no apparent function, but were once functional in an ancestor. What is Vestigial Structures?

Study of organisms in their earliest stages of development. Sherlock Holmes - 500 Study of organisms in their earliest stages of development. What is Embryology?

What is a branching diagram? Junk Drawer - 100 shows evolutionary relationships between species as well as what derived characteristics they share. What is a branching diagram?

When all the individuals of a particular species dies off. Junk Drawer - 200 When all the individuals of a particular species dies off. What is extinction?

Separation, adaptations & reproductive isolation can result in… Junk Drawer - 300 Separation, adaptations & reproductive isolation can result in… What is speciation?

_____ ___ ______ can cause extinction. Junk Drawer - 400 Increase in competition over resources, introduction of new predators & _____ ___ ______ can cause extinction. What is loss of habitat?

The platypus and the brown bear share what common characteristic… Junk Drawer - 500 The platypus and the brown bear share what common characteristic… What is hair & mammary glands?

True or False - 100 Classification is putting things into groups based on characteristics organisms share. What is true?

Variations (both helpful & harmful) begin as mutations. True or False - 200 Variations (both helpful & harmful) begin as mutations. What is true?

Evolution is happening even today. True or False - 300 Evolution is happening even today. What is true?

True or False - 400 Variations give a species a better chance of surviving & reproducing if their environment changes. What is true?

What is false? (homologous structures) True or False - 500 The bone structure in a human’s arm, a bird’s wing and a cat’s leg are examples of Vestigial Structures. What is false? (homologous structures)

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