 What you need ◦ White board ◦ Dry Erase Marker ◦ Eraser  I will put a question up on the board  Write down the answer on the dry erase board  Hold it up when finished  I will check your answer ◦ If correct put a tally mark in the corner of your board.

 What is the gradual change in species over time?

 Survival of the fittest can also be referred to as?

 What are the two main goals of every living organism, according to natural selection?

 Who was one of the main founding fathers of the theory of evolution?

 What was the name of the ship that Darwin used in his voyage?

 What was one of the main stops Darwin made on his voyage?

 Name an organism that Darwin found along his voyage.

 Besides looking at living organisms, what else did Darwin look at?

 What is the difference among individuals of a species?

 What variation do humans select those variations they find useful ?

 What are organs that serve no useful function in an organism ?

 Earth has millions of other kinds of organisms of every imaginable shape, size, and habitat. This variety of living things is called what?

 What is the results in changes in inherited characteristics of a population; these changes increase a species fitness in its environment?

 Put the following in the correct order (oldest to youngest) using the principals of relative dating?

 What is the process to determine the absolute ages of rocks by measuring the amounts of parent and daughter materials in a rock and by knowing the half-life of the parent?

 What are two ways to date rocks?

 What is the correct order of geological eras from oldest to youngest?

 What is the longest era of geological time?

 What was a major geological event that happened during the Precambrian Era?

 What era is the “Era of Recent Life”?

 Organisms with opposable thumbs, binocular vision, and flexible shoulders are known as what?

 What was special about Lucy (earliest hominid, Australopithecus)?

 Who lived in caves, were short with heavy bodies, and small chins? They also lived in families and hunted with stone tools.

 What is the meaning of homo sapiens?

 What is the study of development in organisms; compare embryos of different species?

 What major geological event happened in the Mesozoic era?

 What law says that the oldest rock layer is on the bottom and the youngest rock layer is on top?

 A fracture or a fault is an example of this.  It cuts through rock layers.  It is younger than the layers it cuts through

 What is it called when one rock body contains fragments of another rock body?

 What is an example of artificial selection?

In your science notebook, relate this quote by Darwin to the Theory of Evolution and your own life.