Theory of Evolution Vocab Evidence of Evolution Misc. Macro- Evolution Classification 100

He traveled to the Galapagos Islands on the HMS Beagle and observed similar species suited to their particular environment. A 100

Who is Charles Darwin? A 100

A 200 a diagram of evolutionary relationships

A 200 What is a Cladogram?

He proposed that giraffes got their long necks from stretching them. (the idea of use and disuse) A 300

Who is Lamarck? A 300

A 400 Which are more closely related: roundworms and annelids (earthworms) or arthropods and annelids?

A 400 Who are the Annelids and Anthropods?

Process by which individuals better suited to their environment can survive and reproduce most successfully. A 500

What is Natural Selection or Survival of the Fittest? A 500

B 100 A long, slow change in organisms over long periods of time.

B 100 What is Evolution?

B 200 Any inherited trait or characteristic that increases an organism’s chances for survival.

B 200 What is adaptation? What is Adaptation?

B 300 A sudden change in the sequence of DNA

B 300 What is a Mutation?

B 400 If individuals at one end of the bell curve have higher fitness Example: Giraffe neck length

B 400 What is Directional Selection?

B 500 If individuals at both ends of the curve have higher fitness than those in the middle

What is Disruptive Selection? B 500

C 100 Preserved or mineralized remains of organisms usually found in sedimentary rock.

What are Fossils? C 100

Structures that have similar embryological origin and structure but are adapted for different purposes (Example: Human arm/Bat wing) C 200

What are Homologous Structures? C 200

C 300 Fossil Records Geographical Distribution Homologous Structures Vestigial Organs Similarities in Embryology

C 300 What is Evidence of Evolution?

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Appendix in Humans Leg Bones in Whales C 400

What are examples of Vestigial Structures? C 400

C 500 The early stages of development in organisms in which there are many similarities among different species.

C 500 What is Embryology?

This may happen if a species lacks the variations necessary to adapt to a changing environment. D 100

What is Die and Become Extinct? D 100

D 200 If individuals near the center of the bell curve have higher fitness

D 200 What is Stabilizing Selection?

Two populations are separated by geographic barriers such as rivers, mountains, or other bodies of water. D 300

What is Geographic Distribution? D 300

D 400 When you take an antibiotic, there is a fight between the effect of the drug and your immune system. Therefore, the longer the bacteria survives, the likelier it is that it will become

D 400 What is Resistance? (Antibiotic)

This historical event in England caused tree trunks and buildings to blacken with soot allowing for birds and other predators to hunt the light-colored moths more easily. D 500

What is The Industrial Revolution? D 500

A Swedish botanist that developed a two-word naming system (Science of Taxonomy) E 100

Who is Linnaeus? E 100

E 200 The broadest, largest category of organisms with the fewest of traits in common

What is Kingdom? E 200

E 300 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? E 300

E 400 The 2-word scientific naming of an organism

What is Binomial Nomenclature? E 400

E 500 The two levels of classification used to name an organism

What is Genus and Species? E 500

All the individuals of a species that live together in one area. (Example: Alligators in the Florida Everglades) F 100

What is a Population? F 100

F 200 Differences such as fur color shape of teeth beak sizes shapes in shells

F 200 What is Variation?

A tool used by scientists to identify organisms F 300

What is a Dichotomous Key?

F 400 The two main sources of genetic variation

F 400 What is gene shuffling and mutations?

F 500 This classification system is based on evolutionary descent or phylogeny.

What is Evolutionary Classification? F 500

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What scientists believe might explain why many bones of fossil vertebrates are similar to those in living vertebrates.

What is a Common Ancestor?

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