Evolution Vocabulary
Evolution Evidence
Evolution Scientists
Evolution Theory
Patterns of Evolution
100
reproductive success caused by the environment
What is natural selection?
100
Similar structure but different function
What is homologous structure?
100

Described geological processes that determined that the earth is millions of years old

Who is Hutton and Lyell?

100

What is the driving factor of evolution? (3 possible answers) 

If you get all 3 it's double the points

What is variation, fitness or environmental changes

100

Evolution can lead to different types of selection pressures.

The type of selection where the average organism is favoured.

What is stabilizing selection?

200

Reproductive success and reflects how well an organism is adapted to its environment

Fitness

200
Appear similar in function and have dissimilar embryos
What is analogous structure?
200
Environmental change is gradual and therefore species modification is also gradual
Who is Darwin?
200
Change in genetic material is induced by man
What is artificial selection?
200

Occurs when a new colony is started by a few members of the original population reducing genetic variation

What is founders effect?

300

the formation of new and distinct species

Speciation

300
Structure no longer used today, but is still present in modern organisms
What is a vestigial structure?
300
Was right that favorable traits were passed on to the next generation, but wrong about acquired traits because they can't be passed on
Who is Lamarck?
300
Example of this theory is large muscles developing from weight lifting
What is an acquired trait?
300

Drastic reduction of a population which results in reduced genetic variation, causing allele frequencies to be affected

What is bottleneck effect?

400
A trait not determined by genes
What is an acquired trait?
400
suggests that organisms evolved in areas where similar organisms once lived
What is fossil record?
400

Also published a paper about natural selection but did not get credit for the idea

Who is Wallace?

400

Newer forms of organisms are modified descendants of older species

What is descent by/with modification?

400

3 types of isolating mechanisms

Behavioral isolation 

Geographical isolation 

Temporal isolation 

500

Reproductive success caused by the organisms ability to mate

Sexual selection 

500

The line of evolutionary evidence that uses the study of developing individuals 

Embryology 

500

Reasoned that sooner or later human population would consume all available living space and resources

Who is Malthus?

500

The environment selects traits that increase an organism's fitness

What is natural selection?

500

Principle that states that the genetic variation in a population will remain constant from one generation to the next in the absence of disturbing factors

What is Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium?

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