Unit 7 Natural Selection Basics

Evolution is a process that is a change in a population over time

Charles Darwin was a British naturalist who sailed the world by a ship called...

Lamarck proposed the idea that acquired traits were inherited and passed on to offspring. This theory was proven false.

___ study of fossils, show major lines of evolution

___ study of the development of an organism embryos look a like.

___study of the distribution of flora and fauna. Species separated around the world.

The main animals Darwin observed were

Phylogenetic tress are used to study the relationship between organisms.

Natural Selection only occurs if some individuals have more evolutionary fitness and can be selected.

One of the largest piece of evidence is that at molecular level is that some organisms are genetic code similarly.

Most of Darwin's observations were in the ___ Islands

The driving force behind evolution is natural selection. It operates on the level of the individual.

___study of anatomy of various animals - similar structures with different functions.