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What is it called when an animal is well suited for its environment?
Fit or fitness
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Who formulated the theory of evolution?
Charles Darwin
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What is one line of evidence for evolution?
DNA, comparative anatomy, and embryology
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Where did the meteor that kill the Dinosaurs, land on Earth?
Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
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While Pluto is no longer considered a planet, what year did it lose its status?
2006
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If a population of animals has red fur and another population has green fur. Which one would be selected for by nature to be best fit for an environment of purple and yellow dots?
Neither
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Does the individual animal change during evolution?
No it is the population over time
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How does embryology work as a line of evidence for evolution?
The closer embryos look to each other, generally the closer related they are, hinting at a common ancestor
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While it is theorized that a meteor killed off the dinosaurs, what is the proposed to have caused the other 4 mass extinctions
Volcanic Activity
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Apollo 11 was the first mission to put humans on the moon and Apollo 13 has a malfunction that was so famous it was turned into a movie. But, what was the fate of the crew of Apollo 1
All perished aboard the vessel due to a fire
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Why did the peppered moths go from being predominantly lighter to darker colored
Because their environment changed from light to dark colored trees, causing the darker ones to be selected for by nature as fit
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What color will most of the bugs be in the future?
Red/brown/dark
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Genetic drift refers to what?
Allele frequency changing due to random chance, not selection. For example, someone stepping on an ant hill
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What is evolution?
A change in population over time
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Who is the winningest driver NASCAR history? (includes all top 3 divisions)
Kyle Busch (232 wins)
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When the dinosaurs went extinct, some survived, as is evident by species like crocodiles and lizards. How did such species survive unlikely set of circumstances?
They were fit for their environment
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Which term best describes the idea: " Over time, the traits that are best suited to the environment will prevail and over time, the species will evolve."
Natural selection
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Give an example of a vestigial organ
Hip bone in whales, legs in some snakes, appendix in humans
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Why are the fins of a whale, human arm, cats leg, and a bats wing considered homologous structures?
Because while they are all used for different things. They are made of similar bones in a similar order
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In Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back, a famous plot twist is revealed by the sinister Darth Vader to Luke Skywalker. What is the iconic line he says?
"No, I am your father."
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Why are the fin of a shark and the fin of a dolphin and the fin of a penguin considered analogous structures?
Because despite being used for the same function, all of their structures of bones inside the fin are different.
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Why is evolution considered a theory and not a fact or law
Because while there is a tremendous amount of evidence for evolution, it is not a 100% confirmed fact due to the large time scales it occurs over and the relative short life span of humans
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What is speciation and what are some ways it might occur?
Speciation is the formation of new species. For example from class, remember the anole video. Where some of the lizards lived in dark habitats and others lived in light habitats so they evolved to have different dewlaps from each other, resulting in different species.
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Why are vestigial organs used as a line of evidence for evolution
Because why would an animal have something it doesn't use, unless a previous ancestor used it and that it has lost its function of time
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Who was the 42nd President of the United States of America
Bill Clinton