| A | B |
| theory | a comprehensive explanation supported by body of evidence |
| fact | observation |
| evolution | change |
| linage | series of populations through time |
| adaption | design in life that enables survival |
| woodpecker | powerful shaped beak |
| camouflage | less visible to its natural enemies |
| natural selection | some contribute more offspring to the next generation than others |
| Charles Darwin | On the Origin of Species |
| Jean-Baptiste Lamarck | Philosophic Zoologique |
| transformation | species change over time into new species |
| character | distinguishable property of an organism |
| Lamarckian inheritance | inheritiance of acquired characters |
| Curvier | animal kingdom had four main branches |
| Charles Lyell | Principles of Geology |
| striving | wishing or willing to change |