Evolution

Question 1

Charles Darwin

Answer 1

The Victorian scientist who developed the theory of evolution by a process of natural selection.

Question 2

Evolution

Answer 2

The process of slow change in living organisms over long periods of time as those best adapted to survive breed successfully.

Question 3

Evolutionary Relationship

Answer 3

A model of the relationships between organisms, often based on DNA evidence, which suggest how long ago they evolved away from each other and how closely related they are in evolutionary terms.

Question 4

Evolutionary tree

Answer 4

Model of the evolutionary relationships between different organisms based on their appearance, and increasingly, on DNA evidence.

Question 5

Inheritance of acquired characteristics

Answer 5

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck’s theory of how evolution took place.

Question 6

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

Answer 6

French biologist who developed a theory of evolution based on the inheritance of acquired characteristics.

Question 7

Kingdom

Answer 7

The highest group in the classification system, for example, animals and plants.

Question 8

Mutation

Answer 8

A change in the genetic material of an organism.

Question 9

Natural classification system

Answer 9

Classification system based on the similarities between different living organisms.

Question 10

Species

Answer 10

A group of organisms with many features in common which can breed successfully, producing fertile offspring.