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Theory of Evolution Vocab
Evidence of Evolution Misc.
Macro-Evolution
Classification
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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
A 400
Geologists that proposed Earth to be many millions of years old, older than anyone
believed.
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
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
B 400
A process in which HUMANS choose the
most desirable traits of a population for breeding
purposes.
B 500
What is Artificial 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 internal 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 isEvidence of Evolution?
DAILY DOUBLE
C 400
DAILY DOUBLE
Place A Wager
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
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D 400
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
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F 100
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F 200
Differences such as fur color shape of teeth
beak sizes shapes in shells
F 200
What is Variation?
F 300
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F 400
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F 500
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