Basic Evolution Notes

Question 1

The process of biological change by which decedents come to differ from their ancestors.

Answer 1

Evolution

Question 2

A group of organisms so similar to one another that they can reproduce fertile offspring.

Answer 2

Species

Question 3

States that natural disasters such as floods and volcanic eruptions have shaped landforms and caused species.

Answer 3

George Cuvier- French zoologist Catastrophism

Question 4

Changes that happened in landforms resulted from slow changes over a long period of time.

Answer 4

Gradualism (James Hutton- Scottish Geologist)

Question 5

The geological processes that shape earth are uniform through time.

Answer 5

Charles Lyell- English Geologist Uniformitarianism

Question 6

Studied the finches of the Galapagos island

Answer 6

Charles Darwin

Question 7

The difference in physical traits of an individual from those of other individuals in the group to which it belongs.

Answer 7

Variation

Question 8

Feature that allows an organism to better survive In its environment. (Can lead to genetic change in a population over time.)

Answer 8

Adaptation

Question 9

Humans change species by breeding it for a certain traits

Answer 9

Artificial Selection

Question 10

Mechanism by which individuals that have beneficial adaptations produce more offspring. (In nature, the environment is the selective agent)

Answer 10

Natural Selection