Evolution Basics

Change in DNA that makes a trait different

• Mitosis
• Meiosis
• Mutations
• Flubber

Discovered evolution

• Darwin
• Mendel
• Newton
• Avagadro

Passing down the best traits to offspring; survival of the fittest

• Smooth sailing
• Genetic Twisting
• Death by Extinction
• Natural Selection

Islands that Darwin discovered finches with different beaks

• Galapogos
• Canary
• Hawaiian
• Rhode

Survive longer on dark colored trees

• Black Peppered Moths
• White Peppered Moths
• Mixed Peppered Moths

Mutations and evolution are still ocurring

• FALSE
• TRUE
• Only on even numbered years

Fish, amphibians, and reptiles must remain in warm areas because they are

• plants
• warm-blooded
• mammals
• cold blooded

Survive longer on light colored trees

• Black Peppered Moths
• White Peppered Moths
• Mixed Peppered Moths

Boat that Darwin sailed on when he discovered evolution

• HMS Beagle
• HMS Huron
• HMS Poodle
• HMS Voyager

First living organism

• Fungi
• Protists
• Bacteria
• Mammals