Match each definition or phrase in the first column with the phrase in the second column.
1. What did Darwin infer from his observations of organism in South America and the Galapagos Islands?:
2. Which of these illustrates the impact of continental drift on the formation of new species?:
3. Term that refers to similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor. :
4. What is the role of genes in evolution? :
5. How does natural selection lead to evolution? :
6. Preserved remains or imprints of long dead organisms. :
Definitions:
What is a fossil?
What are homologous structures?
Only traits that are controlled by genes can be acted on by natural selection.
Helpful traits accumulate among surviving members of the species.
A few different plant and animal species had come to the from the mainland.
Most mammals in Australia are marsupials, but few marsupials exist on other continents.
choose the correct answers
1. Most mammals in Australia are marsupials, but few marsupials exist on other continents.
2. A few different plant and animal species had come to the from the mainland.
3. What are homologous structures?
4. Only traits that are controlled by genes can be acted on by natural selection.
5. Helpful traits accumulate among surviving members of the species.
6. What is a fossil?