Adaptation

Question 1

Voyage of the HMS Beagle: 1831

Answer 1

Charles Darwin begins his voyage

Question 2

What was the purpose of the HMS Beagle voyage

Answer 2

was a 2 year survey of south America

Question 3

What happened during the voyage on 1835

Answer 3

Darwin arrives in the Galapogas Islands

Question 4

What did Charles Darwin do on the Galagos Island

Answer 4

he studied organisms for one month

Question 5

What did Charles Darwin during 1837

Answer 5

he studied the Galapogos finches and began his development on the theory of evolution

Question 6

1838

Answer 6

Darwin begins series notebooks with ideas about “species transmutation”

Question 7

What concept did Darwin develop during 1838

Answer 7

survival of the fittest

Question 8

1846

Answer 8

Darwin begins his 8 year study on barnacle specimens

Question 9

How was Darwin’s study on barnacle specimens important

Answer 9

provided support for evolution

Question 10

When did Charles Darwin publish his book “On the Origin of Species”

Answer 10

1859

Question 11

“On the Origin of Species” was….

Answer 11

an immediate success with the public and detailed Darwin’s theory of evolution

Question 12

Theory of evolution is broken into how many parts

Answer 12

4

Question 13

Part 1 of the theory of evolution

Answer 13

organisms come from common ancestors

Question 14

Part 2 of the theory of evolution

Answer 14

organisms change over time

Question 15

Part 3 of the theory of evolution

Answer 15

change is slow and takes place gradually and not immediately

Question 16

Part 4 of the theory of evolution

Answer 16

natural selection is the mechanism for species evolution

Question 17

Paleontology

Answer 17

study of fossilized organisms

Question 18

Adaptations of organisms occur due to….

Answer 18

competition for resources also known as survival of the fittest

Question 19

How many categories of adaptation are there

Answer 19

5

Question 20

1. structural

Answer 20

differences in physical appearance

Question 21

2. Physiological

Answer 21

differences in function of specific structure

Question 22

3. Behavioral

Answer 22

specific actions performed for survival

Question 23

4. Biochemical

Answer 23

changes in internal chemistry of an organism

Question 24

5. Ecological

Answer 24

temporary change due to extreme changes in environment