Vocab Evidence of Evolution Macro Evolution Classification Misc
Vocab Evidence of Evolution Macro. Evolution Classification Misc. 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 300 400 400 400 500 500 500 Theory of Evolution
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
This person suggested that there would soon be insufficient food and living space for the growing population. A 200
Who is Malthus? A 200
He proposed that giraffes got their long necks from stretching them. (the idea of use and disuse) A 300
Who is Lamarck? A 300
Geologists that proposed Earth to be many millions of years old, older than anyone believed. A 400
Who is Hutton and Lyell ? A 400
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
A long, slow change in organisms over long periods of time. B 100
What is Evolution? B 100
Any inherited trait or characteristic that increases an organism’s chances for survival. B 200
What is is Adaptation adaptation? ? What B 200
A sudden change in the sequence of DNA B 300
What is a Mutation ? B 300
The combined genetic make-up of ALL the members of a population. B 400
What is a Gene Pool? B 400
A process in which HUMANS choose the most desirable traits of a population for breeding purposes. B 500
What is Artificial Selection Or Selective Breeding ? B 500
Preserved or mineralized remains of organisms usually found in sedimentary rock. C 100
What are Fossils? C 100
Structures that have similar origin and structure but are adapted for different purposes (Example: Human arm/Bat wing) C 200
What are Homologous Structures ? C 200
• Fossil Records • Geographical Distribution • Homologous Structures • Vestigial Organs • Similarities in Embryology • Similarities in DNA C 300
What is Evidence of Evolution ? C 300
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Appendix in Humans Leg Bones in Whales C 400
What are examples of Vestigial Structures ? C 400
The early stages of development in organisms in which there are many similarities among different species. C 500
What is Embryology ? C 500
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
Two populations are capable of interbreeding but have differences in courtship rituals or other reproductive strategies that involve behavior. (ex: Eastern and Western Meadowlarks) D 200
What is Behavioral Isolation ? D 200
Two populations are separated by geographic barriers such as rivers, mountains, or other bodies of water. D 300
What is Geographic Isolation ? D 300
Two or more species reproduce at different times and therefore, cannot interbreed. D 400
What is Temporal Isolation ? D 400
When the Industrial Revolution began the tree trunks and buildings blackened with soot. Moths that were darker in color blended in with their environment better than lightcolored moths. This is an example of D 500
What is Natural Selection (in favor of more darkly colored individuals. D 500
A Swedish botanist that developed a two-word naming system (Science of Taxonomy) E 100
Who is Linnaeus? E 100
The broadest, largest category of classification organisms have the fewest traits in common E 200
What is Domain? E 200
The most specific level of classification in which organisms have the most traits in common A Genus is composed of a number of these E 300
What is Species? E 300
The 2 -word scientific naming of an organism E 400
What is Binomial Nomenclature ? E 400
The two levels of classification used to identify an organism E 500
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
Differences such as fur color shape of teeth beak sizes shapes in shells F 200
What is Variation? F 200
A tool used by scientists to identify organisms F 300
What is a Dichotomous Key? F 300
The two main sources of genetic variation F 400
What is gene shuffling and mutations ? F 400
A diagram used to show evolutionary relationships among organisms. F 500
What is A Cladogram ? 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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