Early Evolution

The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called

• genes.

• variations.

• traits.

• theories.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What islands showed Darwin such significant adaptations of closely related organisms that made his develop the Theory of Evolution?

• The Big Island

• The Galapagos Islands

• The Figi Islands

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The process of change over time.

• revolution

• generation

• evolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past

• fossil

• species

• variation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What causes organisms to change over time? What is the driving force behind the changes?

• evolution

• survival

• natural selection

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What do we call the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms?

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is the fundamental theory of all of modern biology?

• The Theory of Transformation

• The Theory of Evolution

• The Theory of Adaption

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What do we call the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past?

• Fossils

• Claymation

• Formations

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What early scientist is credited with reconstructing fossilized organisms to help better understand how they relate to current organisms?

• Charles Darwin

• Mary Anning

• Charles Lyell

What scientist is credited with an early form of Evolutionary theory called The Theory of Transformation?

• Charles Darwin

• Jean-Baptiste Lamark

• Charles Lyell