Evolution

Question 1

Heiarchial calssification

Answer 1

domain
kingdom
phylum 
class
order 
family 
genus 
species

Question 2

adaptations

Answer 2

characteristics organisms have that increase their chance of surviving and reproducing in a certain environment = natural selection

Question 3

descent with modification

Answer 3

how darwin described evolution = all organisms are descendants from an ancestor

Question 4

artificial selection

Answer 4

humans change species when you breed certain individuals with the traits you want

Question 5

Darwin’s observation

Answer 5

1, in a population members can have different traits

2, everyone can have more babies than the environment can handle, so the babies die

Question 6

Darwin’s inference

Answer 6

1. individuals who have traits that allow a higher chance of survival will reproduce
2. more of the traits that help individuals survive will show up in each generation

Question 7

features of natural selection

Answer 7

1. individuals can’t evolve, it’s the population that evolves overtime
2. natural selection increases or decreases traits that already exist
3. if an environment changes it will “decide” which traits are selected for or against