Evolution 1
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100
The process in which a species has changed over time is known as this.
What is evolution?
100
This French Naturalist postulated that selective use and disuse of organs by organisms resulted in traits being gained or lost in their lifetime, and these traits were then passed on to their offspring.
Who is Lamarck?
100
The ability of an individual to survive and reproduce is known as this.
What is fitness?
100
The principle that all species can be traced back to a common ancestor is known as this.
What is common descent?
100
A line of evolutionary evidence that uses the study of developing individuals is known as this.
What is embryology?
200
A well supported testable explanation of phenomena that have occurred in the natural world is known as this.
What is a theory?
200
This English economist reasoned that sooner or later the human population would consume all available living space and resources.
Who is Malthus?
200

Any inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of survival is known as this.

What is an adaptation?

200

Finding fossils in different rock layers in the same place allows us to do this

Whatis relative dating?

200

When a population becomes very small it is known as a ________________

What is a (population) bottleneck?

300
Preserved remains of ancient organisms used by Darwin to form his theory are known as this.
What are fossils?
300

This term refers to the availability of different traits and alleles within a population.

What is variation?

300

The concept that organisms who are the best suited to their environment will be the most successful

What is survival of the fittest?

300

Unrelated species with similar adaptations but in different parts of the world are similar due to this type of evolution.

What is convergent evolution?

300
Similarities between the bone structures of paws, hooves, wings, and fins are examples of this.
What are homologous structures?
400
Hutton and Lyell described geological processes that determined this about the Earth’s age.
What is that the Earth is millions of years old?
400
The concept of humans selecting desired traits in species for exploitation is known as this.
What is artificial selection?
400
The process in which nature determines which individuals/adaptations survive is known as this.
What is natural selection?
400
Structures that have different mature forms but develop from the same embryologic tissues are known as this.
What are homologous structures?
400
Snakes with small legs and your tail bone are examples of these
What are vestigial organs?
500

Lyell said that THIS is the key to the past

What is the present?

500

The concept that members of each species compete regularly for food, space, and other necessities is known as this.

What is the struggle for survival or competition?

500
The concept that over time, natural selection results in changes or adaptations that benefit a species for a particular environment is known as this.
What is descent with modification?
500
Organs of many animals are so reduced in size that they are merely traces of homologous organisms are known as this.
What are vestigal organs?
500
Many of Darwin's major discoveries happened in this location.

What is The Galapagos Islands?

600

Change in the gene pool due to a random event, not evolution

What is genetic drift?

600

Everything an organism is and everything it does

What is a niche?

600

Type of macroevolution that leads to the formation of new species

What is speciation?

600

The FAILED argument that the human eye is too complex to have evolved

What is irreducible complexity?

600

Speciation requires isolation. 

The type of isolation where organisms are in different locations.

What is Geographic Isolation?

700

Speciation requires isolation. 

The type of isolation where organisms use different mating rituals

What is behavioral isolation?

700

Speciation requires isolation. 

The type of isolation where organisms reproduce at different times

What is temporal isolation?

700

Evolution can lead to different types of selection.

The type of selection where the average organism is favored.

What is stabilizing selection?

700

Evolution can lead to different types of selection.

The type of selection where either larger or smaller organisms are favored (not both, one or the other)

What is directional selection?

700

Evolution can lead to different types of selection.

The type of selection where both extremes are favored over the average (big AND small for instance)

What is disruptive selection?

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