Fossils & Adaptation

What do we call a characteristic of an organism?

• Characteristic

• Genetic

• Trait

• Feature

A bird with feathers that help it camouflage will most likely live longer and reproduce. This is due to a process called natural _______________.

Differences in the inherited traits of different individuals

• Traits

• Variance

• Genetic Variation

• Genetic Diversity

True or False: Darwin studied the finches of the Galapagos Islands.

• True

• False

The inherited changes that occur in a population over time

• Evolution

• Revolution

• Natural Adaptation

• Traits

An inherited trait evolved through natural selection that makes a population well-suited to living and reproducing in its environment

• Evolution

• Advancing

• Biologic Manipulation

• Adaptation

True or False: Often, after a mass extinction event, we could observe the number of species staying low for a very long time.

• True

• False

Finding a whole insect encased in sap is an example of what type of fossil?

• Trace Fossil

• Body Fossil

When there is large amount of species, we say that an area has a lot of ______________. (Hint: it begins with "bio-")

The history of life on earth as documented by the fossils collected so far.

• Biogeology

• Fossil Record

• Fossil Timeline

• Geologic Timescale