Evidence of Evolution
Four Factors I
Four Factors II
Vocabulary
Biodiversity and Human Impact
100
These are thought to have brought water to earth's surface
What are comets or meteorites
100
An organism ability to survive and reproduce in their environment
What is biological fitness
100
Sexual selection leads to differences in phenotype between males and females. This phenomenon is known as:
What is sexual dimorphism
100
The variety of life on Earth, species, genetic, and ecological
What is biodiversity
100
Pollutants are a human impact and can do this to biodiversity levels...
What is decrease them
200
These are the islands off of the coast of South America that Darwin did the majority of his work
What are the Galapagos Islands
200
In the image this litter of kittens all have different phenotypes. Which of the FOUR factors does this image show?
What is variation due to mutation and sexual reproduction
200
The image below shows the skulls of different species of waterfowl... This type of adaptation is shown by the differences in the beaks and the skulls of these birds?
What is anatomical adaptations
200
Resources that can be recycled and used over and over again
What are renewable resources
200
Materials, not made by humans, can be found in the environment
What are natural resources
300
3 types of evidence Darwin had access to and used as evidence for "Descent With Modification"
What are fossils, comparative anatomy and biogeography
300
Human birthweight favors individuals that express the intermediate phenotype. This is an excellent example of...
What is stabilizing selection
300
Favors one extreme phenotype or the other, but not the intermediate
What is disruptive selection
300
The idea that mates are chosen based on the traits exhibited and that those genes give the offspring a better chance for survival.
What is the good gene hypothesis
300
A modification to the overall weather patterns in an environment that lasts for decades or centuries
What is climate change
400
These were the 1st organisms responsible for changing the atmosphere of Earth because they use photosynthesis to make glucose and oxygen.
What are cyanobacteria
400
Look at this image. This is an example of...
What is Intrasexual selection
400
Select which of the FOUR factors this image best represents
What is competition for limited resources
400
Type of selection that favors one extreme phenotype over all other forms
What is directional selection
400
The greatest loss in biodiversity in the history of Earth occurred at the end of this period?
What is the Permian
500
Similarities between amino acid sequences found in different species would be an example of this type of evidence for evolution
What is molecular evidence or protein comparisons
500
Evolution occurring on its smallest scale. A change in allele frequency over generations
What is microevolution
500
A version of a gene or trait
What is an allele
500
Type of selection driven by the hand of humans
What is artificial selection
500
This percentage of life on earth has already gone extinct
What is 99%
600
This technology for dating rocks of the Earth was developed in the early 1900s and uses radioactive isotopes to determine the exact age of rocks.
What is radiometric age dating (absolute age dating)
600
The mechanism for evolution seen here:
Founders Effect (Genetic Drift)
600
The type of adaptation seen in the image below:
Heart rate and oxygen consumption during hibernation
What is physiological
600
Migration would be this type of adaptation seen in animals
What is behavioral
600
Most of the freshwater on Earth is located here?
What are the polar ice caps and glaciers.