Natural Selection and Evolution
Evolution
Agents of evolution
Speciation I
Classification and Miscellaneous
100
Who is considered to have proposed an agent of evolution with natural selection as a mechanism
Charles Darwin
100
What is the definition of evolution
The change in the genetic composition of a population over time
100
What are the 2 types of genetic drift
Founder effect

Bottleneck effect

100
What type of speciation happens with a geographic barrier
Allopatric
100
What is needed for a proper scientific name?
First word capitalized

Second word lower case

Everything italicized

200
Who said that organisms could acquire traits during their lifetime and pass them on to their offspring?
Lamarck
200
The study of where organisms live is known as?
Biogeography
200
What is the agent where individuals are selected based on traits that attract a mate
Sexual selection
200
What is one example of prezygotic reproductive isolation
Timing, behavior, geographic, ecological
200
The organelle responsible for protein synthesis is the 
Ribosome
300
Humans selecting for the traits that they want is called
Artificial selection/selective breeding
300
Structures that are no longer the same size or have the same function (reduced) are known as 
Vestigial
300
What is the only source for brand new alleles
Mutation
300
What is an example of post-zygotic reproductive isolation
Infertility, health
300
What are the two stages of photosynthesis
Light-dependent

Light-independent/Calvin Cycle

400
A positive mutation that provides for a trait that enables an organism to survive in a particular environment is a 
Adaptation
400
A structure between two species that is shared by a common ancestor is known as a 
Homologous structure
400
What are the 5 agents of evolution
1. Sexual selection

2. Genetic Drift

3. Mutation

4. Natural selection

5. Gene flow

400
A population of fish are separated by a land bridge. What type of speciation has happened?
Allopatric
400
What are the levels of classification from most broad to most narrow?
Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
500
The ability to survive and reproduce is known as
Fitness
500
What are the 5 pieces of evidence for evolution?
1. Biogeography

2. Fossil Record

3. Comparative anatomy

4. Comparative biochemistry

5. Direct observations

500
What type of natural selection is it when the intermediate phenotype is favored
Stabilizing
500
What is the speciation called when there is no geographic barrier
Sympatric
500
A trait only found particular to a group is known as a 
Derived character
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