2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Theory of Evolution Vocabulary Evidence of Evolution ClassificationMisc.
He traveled to the Galapagos Islands on the HMS Beagle and observed similar species suited to their particular environment.
Who is Charles Darwin? A 100
He proposed that giraffes got their long necks from stretching Them (the idea of use and disuse). A 100
Who is Lamarck? A 100
Process by which individuals better suited to their environment can survive and reproduce most successfully. A 100
What is Natural Selection or Survival of the Fittest?
An adaptation which helps a organism survive and reproduce in a certain niche.
What is a specialization?
This may happen if a species lacks the variations necessary to adapt to a changing environment.
What is Become Extinct?
A long, slow change in organisms over long periods of time.
What is Evolution?
Any inherited trait or characteristic that increases an organism’s chances for survival.
What is Adaptation?
A sudden change in the sequence of DNA
What is a Mutation?
A process in which HUMANS choose the most desirable traits of a population for breeding purposes.
What is Artificial Selection?
Two populations are separated by geographic barriers such as rivers, mountains, or other bodies of water.
What is Geographic Isolation?
Preserved or mineralized remains of organisms usually found in sedimentary rock.
What are Fossils?
Structures that have similar embryological origin and structure but are adapted for different purposes (Example: Human arm/Bat wing)
What are Homologous Structures?
Fossil Records, Geographical Distribution, Homologous Structures, Vestigial Organs, and Similarities in Embryology
What is Evidence of Evolution?
Appendix in Humans, and Leg Bones in Whales.
What are examples of Vestigial Structures?
The early stages of development in organisms in which there are many similarities among different species.
What is Embryological?
The broadest, largest category of organisms with the fewest of traits in common.
What is Kingdom?
The most specific level of classification in which organisms have the most traits in common. A Genus is composed of a number of these.
What is Species?
The two levels of classification used to name an organism
What is Genus and Species?
All the individuals of a species that live together in one area. (Example: Alligators in the Florida Everglades)
What is a Population?
The 2-word scientific naming of an organism
What is Binomial Nomenclature ?
Differences such as fur color shape of teeth beak sizes shapes in shells
What is Variation?
What scientists believe might explain why many bones of fossil vertebrates are similar to those in living vertebrates.
What is a Common Ancestor?
This classification system is based on the relationship of organisms to each other.
What is Taxonomy Classification?
The main source of genetic variation
What are mutations?
This process allows organisms to develop different traits depending on the environment.
What is geographic isolation?
The genus and species for humans.
What is Homo sapiens?
Humans belong to this order.
He proposed What is primate?