Evolution of Life on Earth

The theory that when organisms change over time, it provides evidence that modern organisms descended from ancient ones

• Theory of Plate Tectonics

• Theory of Evolution

• Continental Drift Theory

• Big Bang Theory

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Any genetic change in a population that is inherited over several generations; evolution of living things

• geological evolution

• developmental evolution

• biological evolution

• cultural evolution

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Intentional breeding of plants and animals to preserve traits that breeders want

• natural selection

• artificial selection

• draft selection

• random selection

Organisms better that are better adapted to their environment tend to survive longer and produce more offspring; Ex: black rat on black ground

• natural selection

• artificial selection

• random selection

• cellular selection

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The genetic contribution of an individual to the next generation’s gene pool; in other words, being able to survive long enough to reproduce

• geological fitness

• molecular fitness

• aerobic fitness

• biological fitness

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Inherited traits that improve an organism’s chance of survival and reproduction in a certain environment

• mutation

• phenotype

• adaptation

• genotype

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Deals with the physical history of the Earth and the changes the Earth and has undergone over 4.5 billion years

• anatomy

• embryology

• biological evolution

• geological evolution

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The branch of Science concerned with the bodily structures of humans, animals, and other living organisms

• embryology

• paleontology

• anatomy

• microbiology

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Any fossil which gives us information about a transition from one species to another; helps support the Theory of Evolution

• transitional fossil

• mold fossil

• index fossil

• trace fossil

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Earth’s crust is made up of a number of plates which move over a liquid crust that get created and destroyed over time

• genetic variation

• plate tectonics

• divergent boundary

• convergent boundary

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