Natural selection - biology Flashcards
What is natural selection?
Natural selection is the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
3 Evidence of natural selection
Evidence of natural selection
fossil record
extinction
variation due to mutation
3 Conditions for natural selection
Conditions for natural selection
natural variation
heritability
competition
5 principles of natural selection
Principles of natural selection
V- variation
I- inheritance
S- selection
T- time
A- adaptation
Who was the father of natural selection?
The father of natural selection is Charles Darwin
what else did charles darwin study?
He studied medicine
Charles Darwin was born in ____ went on an expedition in ___ and died in ___ .
born- 1809, expedition- 1855, died- 1882
Charles Darwin went to which continents?
South America and the Pacific
what was the name of the birds he discovered on the Galapagos island?
Darwin’s finches
On which continent is the Galapagos island?
South America
Which English scientist developed early theories about evolution in the 1800s?
Charles Darwin
In 1859 Darwin wrote On the Origin of Species, which introduced concepts such as natural selection and evolution.
The idea that humans could have evolved from bacteria was revolutionary at the time and has since sparked vigorous ongoing debates between evolutionary biologists and religions that support creationism.
Fun fact: according to evolutionary theory, the modern bird evolved from the Tyrannosauroids.
