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| Who created the theory of Natural Selection? |
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| The 4 major points of Darwin's Theory of natural Selection include... |
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| Overproduction, Variation, Competition, Fitness |
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| Overproduction is when... |
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Organisms produce more offspring than can survive
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| Population and can be inherited |
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Organisms compete with each other in a struggle to survive, not all can survive
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Organisms that are the best fit for their environment will survive, mate, and pass on their traits to their offspring
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Inherited trait that provides a selective advantage
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| Natural Selection is the... |
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Process in nature that results in only the most fit (best adapted) organisms survive, reproduce, and pass on their genes to the next generation
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| Structures that have reduced function or no function at all but were once used by ancestors |
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| Examples of Vestigial Organs include... |
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| Analogous Structures are... |
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| Body parts that have a similar function but are not from a common ancestor |
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| Homologous Structures are... |
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| Similar structures and embryonic development but with different functions suggesting a common ancestor |
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| Change in a kind of organism over time |
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| Evolutionary history of a species |
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| Relative Dating is when the... |
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Position of fossils in rocks gives an idea of the age; assumes top layers are the youngest
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| Absolute Dating determines the age by... |
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| Looking at the amount of radioactive decay |
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| Behavioral Isolation is... |
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| Any mechanism that prevents two 2 different populations from successfully interbreeding |
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| Geographic Isolation is... |
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| Often the original factor separating two populations from interbreeding |
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| Adaptation that enables species to blend in with their surroundings |
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Organisms that are not closely related will have... |
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Many differences in their amino acids
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