7th+Study+Guide+Evolution

Evolution Test: Thursday, January 26 Study Guide 1) Define adaptation. 2) Who is Charles Darwin? What did he study? Where did he do his study? How did he get there? 3) What is the theory of acquired characteristics? Whose idea was it? 4) Animals adjust to their environment through __. 5) Describe what happened to the peppered moth population of England. 6) What caused the change of environment for the peppered moths of England? 7) Explain why there are so many variations of beak and body sizes of finches on the Galapagos Islands. 8) What are some adaptations that would help organisms survive in cold weather? 9) What does it mean to inherit a trait? 10) Can organisms adapt to an environment because they need to or because they want to? 11) What does it mean to be albino? 12) List the 5 principles of natural selection (page 157). 13) Define overproduction. 14) Define competition. 15) Define variations. 16) Define genetic mutation.