| Men of Evolution | ||
| #1 | What did Darwin infer from his observations of organsims in S.A. and the Galapagos? |
species from the islands came from the mainland |
| #2 | Darwin believed this was the way that evolution occurs, slowly over time called... |
gradualism |
| #3 | He developed the naming system that groups organisms based on their features |
Linnaeus |
| #4 | Darwin concluded that species do what... | Change over time |
| #5 | What did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos? | they had different beak shapes based on the food they eat |
| Challenge | ||
| #1 | What 2 things do you need in order to name a species | genus and species |
| #2 | the only traits that can be acted on by natural selection are those that are controlled by... | genes |
| #3 | a _______ is a well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations | scientific theory |
| #4 | The group living organisms that lack a nuclei are called... | prokaryotes |
| #5 | in modern classification, the broadest level of organization is called... | domain |
| Fossils | ||
| #1 | How do fossils form? | organisms become buried in sediment |
| #2 | Can you determine what type of skin an animal had based on a fossil? | no |
| #3 | what would for the best fossil? a leaf, a shell, a worm, or a jellyfish? | a shell |
| #4 | Scientist use fossils to compare what in different species? | evolutionary relationships |
| #5 | How do things become petrified fossils? | minerals replace all or part of an organism |
| Evolution | ||
| #1 | organisms that can mate and reproduce are part of the same | species |
| #2 | Name the term that describes... more offspring than the environment can support | overproduction |
| #3 | Similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor | homologous structures |
| #4 | The marbeled Murlett is an endangered seabird. They are dependent upon sequoia forests in order to survive. If the forest goes extinct, what would happen to the birds? | the species go extinct |
| #5 | scientists show how groups of organisms may be related by placing them on a diagram called a... | branching tree (aka, cladogram) |
| MEEP MEEP | ||
| #1 | Why do scientists use binomial nomenclature? | all scientist speak the same "scientific" language |
| #2 | in the name "Homo sapien" which word reflects the genus? | Homo |
| #3 | The more classification levels that 2 organisms share means they have more | more characteristics in common |
| #4 | the study of how living things are classified is called... | taxonomy |
| #5 | how does natural selection lead to evolution? | helpful variations accumulate among surviving members |
| Final Question | |