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What was the name of the ship that Darwin sailed around the world. |
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H.M.S. Beagle |
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What was Darwin's title on the Beagle? |
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Naturlist |
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Who is the "Father of Biology"? |
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Charles Darwin |
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Who is the "Father of Geology"? |
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Charles Lyell |
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What is any structure or behavior which helps an organism survive in its environment? |
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Adaptation |
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What is Evolution? |
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Change over time. |
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What is the name of Darwin's book? |
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On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection |
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What is a Scientific Theory? |
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Well tested explanation for a broad set of observations. |
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What was the name of the islands that influenced Darwin? |
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Galapagos |
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Who proposed the Theory of Use & Disuse? |
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck. |
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What is "fitness"? |
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Ability of an organism to sruvive & reproduce in its specific environment. |
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What is the gene pool? |
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All the genes of all members of a particular population. |
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What is a vestigial structure? |
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A structure in an organism which is reduced in size and non-functional. |
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What is a homologous structure? |
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Structures which are similar in structure, but different in function. |
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What is an analagous structure? |
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Structures that are similar in function, but different in structure. |
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What is a behavioral adaptation? |
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Any behavior that helps an organism survive in its specific environment. |
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What is a structural adaptation? |
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Any structure which helps an organism survive in its environment. |
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What is the "Struggle for Existence"? |
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Members of species compete to get food, living space and other necessities for life. |
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What is natural variation? |
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Differences among individuals of a species. |
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Who wrote the essay that had the same conclusions as Darwin? |
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Alfred Russel Wallace |
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