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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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