Darwin
Genetics
Evolution
Vocab
Miscellaneous
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100
This is the type of evidence that we use today, was not available to Darwin
What is DNA Evidence?
100
The Cause of Genetic Mutations?
What are environmental factors (Ex: Radiation)
100
Based on this Phylum Tree, which species are most closely related to Species D?
What is E, F, G, and H?
100
The Preserved remains of an organism.
What is a Fossil?
100
Term for physical traits that evolved from a common ancester.
What are homologous structures?
100
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Who is Mr. Mack?
200
Darwin observed that the fossils of fish found in areas of strong water current seem to elongate their fins over time. What is the explanation for this? (Be specific)
Fish with longer fins were able to survive and reproduce in stronger currents.
200
If a species shares a significant portion of DNA with another species, this is the conclusion you can draw regarding their lineage.
What is, they share a common ancestor?
200
The term for the changes in populations cause by groups of a species being unable to interact with each other.
What is Separation?
200
A term described as "Survival of the Fittest"
What is Natural Selection?
200
Term for structures that appear the same, but do not derive from a common ancester.
What are analogous structures?
200
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What is McLaughlin?
300
the name for the structures that Darwin noted in his fossil records that over time shrank and eventual lost their function.
What are Vestigial Structures?
300
Genes responsible for new traits that help a species survive will do this within a population.
What is increase?
300
If a trait is favorable, this is what will happen.
What is an increased frequency of that trait over time?
300
The term that describes bacteria's ability to be less affected by medications designed to kill them due to a mutation.
What is antibiotic resistant bacteria?
300
The measure of an organism's ability to survive and produce more offspring relative to other members of their population.
What is Fitness?
300
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What is the Dungeons and Dragons Club
400
The Process by which humans change a species by breeding it for certain traits.
What is Artificial Selection?
400
The source of genetic variation within a species.
What are Mutations?
400
Name one of the three ways we can identify common ancestors without using DNA
What are Fossil Records, Homologous Structures, or Embryonic development.
400
Populations of the same species that differ genetically because they have adaptations to different conditions.
What is Ecological Range?
400
In order for a hybrid organism to be considered a new species, it must have this ability.
What is the ability to produce offspring?
400
Mr. Mack was going to become this before becoming a teacher
What is a Doctor (Cardio-thoracic Surgeon)?
500
The conclusion that can be drawn from the table below showing the number of individuals in a lizard population exhibiting certain traits before and after a ten-year drought.
What is that brown skinned lizards are less affected by the drought?
500
A mechanism of evolution driven by an organism's ability to successfully pass on its genes to the next generation.
What is Sexual Selection?
500
The Accumulation of differences between populations or species.
What is Divergence?
500
A type of natural selection in which individuals with traits at one extreme end of a phenotypic range are favored over all other individuals.
What is Directional Selection?
500
The Term for the type of natural selection that simultaneously favors both extremes of a trait while selecting against the intermediate forms.
What is Disruptive Selection?
500
Mr. Mack likes to listen to this type of music (4 options)
What is Hobbit Music, Lo-Fi Music, Big Band Music, or Musicals (Showtunes)
600
The Type of evolution that occurs slowly over time and includes many transitions.
What is Gradualism?
600
The ability of a trait to be passed down from one generation to the next.
What is Heritability?
600
The term for the type of natural selection that favors average phenotypes over extreme variations.
What is Stabilizing Selection?
600
The term for a sudden drop in population leading to insufficient genetic variability.
What is the Bottleneck Effect
600
The Type of Evolution that occurs in short bursts followed by long periods of stasis
What is Punctuated Equilibrium?
600
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What are Mike and Ikes?