Which species is a common ancestor for species B and D?
K
What does genetic drift do to biodiversity?
decrease
Structures with the same parts but have different functions, suggesting that organisms with a backbone share common ancestry is called…
Homologous
Structures with no function that are remnants of an organism’s evolutionary past are
Vestigial
Several of the Galapagos Islands are inhabited by grasshoppers, beetles, flies, bees, and butterflies. Finches that feed on these consumers would have beaks adapted for
Grasping
How did the artic hare adapt to its environment in the cold climate?
Fur turned white
Scientists now believe the Earth is at least......... old.
3.5 Billion Years Old
Darwin consulted with what friends to write his book On the Origin of Species.
Lamarck and Lyell
What organism on this diagram would have DNA most similar to the penguin?
Chicken
All of these finches have different shaped beaks, they are an adaptation to gain access of
Food
If I wanted to look at DNA to study evolution, I am using what evidence?
Molecular
Darwin visited these Islands and studied finches, giant tortoise and other species.
Galapagos Islands
Since the 1800s humans have stopped burning coal, and the trees have returned to their original color. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?
Light moths
When paleontologists study old bones, impressions in rocks, and teeth of prehistoric animals it's known as the.....
Fossil Record
The tortoises on the Galpagos Islands with long necks is an _______ they developed over time to survive.
Adaptation
The process in which organisms with traits well suited to an environment are more likely to survive and to produce offspring is called
Natural Selection
Who also wrote a paper about the theory by Natural Selection?
Wallace
When a species splits on a phylogenetic tree it's called?
Speciation
Who were the Scientists that discovered Evolution?
Darwin and Wallace
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