Theories of Evolution Unit 6 Biology 1 part 1

Your Name The Theory of Evolution by natural selection was developed by____ Charles Darwin

Your Name In the geologic time scale, what is the correct order from largest to smallest? Eras, periods, and the smallest is epochs

Your Name A trait that makes an individual different from others in its species Variation

Your Name Adaptations benefit help living things survive longer and therefore they have a better chance of _____. Reproducing

Your Name A change in the DNA code of an organism mutation

Your Name The length of a giraffe’s neck is an example of_____ Evolution

Your Name Any remains of a once living thing from past ages fossil

Your Name A life form that no longer exist extinct

Your Name A trait that makes a living thing able to survive in its surroundings Adaptation

Your Name Means first Prime

Your Name Able to reproduce by forming egg or sperm cells fertile

Your Name The physical traits and behavior that enables organisms to survive and reproduce in their environment. Fitness

Your Name Name 3 traits that distinguish primates from other mammals A) Eyes that face forward B) Well-developed cerebrum C) Thumbs that can be used for grasping

Your Name A species of lizards become separated in different environments, over time each group makes different adaptations and can longer reproduce with on another. The two groups are now different ______. Species

Your Name Change in hereditary features of a group of organisms over time Evolution

Your Name Variety of living things Diversity of life

Your Name The period when the largest dinosaurs thrived. Also ___ Park was the title of 3 movies about Dinosaurs. The answer is not Marion Park. Jurassic

Your Name Struggle among living things to get the needs for life competition

Your Name Young plants die when taller plants keep sunlight from them. There is a _____ to survive. Struggle

Your Name List the Evidences of Evolution: A) Body structure’s origins B) Comparing body chemistry C) Similarities in embryos D) Gene code E) Vestigial structure F) Change in fossils

Your Name Author who wrote “ On the Origin of the Species” Charles Darwin

Your Name A group of living things that breed with others and produce fertile offspring species

Your Name T or F? All mutations are beneficial. False. Mutations may be harmful or beneficial. A beneficial mutation is called an adaptation.

Your Name When an organism has rivals trying to utilize the same resources ( like food and shelter) Competition

Your Name The name of the ship that Darwin traveled on The Beatle

Your Name The era we live in now is the _______. Cenozoic

Your Name A body part that no longer has a function Vestigial structure