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15-1 Flash Cards
Question | Answer |
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What did Darwin’s Travels reveal about the number and variety of living species? | Species vary globally, locally, and over time |
What is evolution? | Is the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms |
Why is evolution referred to as a theory? | Because its a well-supported testable explanation of phenomena that have occurred in the natural world |
Evolution | The process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms |
Theory | A well-supported testable explanation of phenomena that have occurred in the natural world. |
HMS Beagle | HMS Beagle was a Cherokee-class 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, one of more than 100 ships of this class |
Fossils | Preserved remains of ancient organisms |
Galapagos Islands | A group of small islands located 1000 km west of South America. |