AAH.
BAH.
CAH.
DAH.
EAH.
100
Usually heritable and leads to evolution
What is mutation
100
a group of individuals of the same species that has the potential to interbreed.
What is population
100
7. The average time to death from starvation in a fruit fly is about 20 hours. Selecting for increased starvation resistance in fruit flies can lead flies to live for ________ hours without food.
What is 160
100
a change in the frequency of alleles in a population over time
What is evolution
100
the number of fertile offspring it produces is the best measure of the organisms ____________
What is fitness
200
He nurtured his love of studying nature, exploring plant and animal diversity, and collecting fossils
Who is Darwin
200
The migration of reproductive individuals among populations results in a movement of alleles called:
What is gene flow
200
_____________ selection favors organisms with phenotypes that are at one extreme relative to the average phenotype.
What is Directional
200
When the sexes of a species differ in size or appearance, it is called:
What is sexual dimorphism
200
Life arose from non-life around _________ years ago.
What is 3.5
300
Georges Cuvier’s discovered that _________ must occur
What is extinction
300
21. When a goose spots an egg outside of its nest, the goose gets out of the nest and rolls the egg back. Once started, a goose continues the egg-retrieval movement all the way back to the nest, even if the egg is taken away during the process. This is called:
What is fixed action pattern
300
will sometimes regurgitate blood into the mouth of an unrelated bat that is close to starving.
What is vampire bats
300
The evolutionary history of groups of organisms is known as
What is phylogeny
300
selection for a behavior that lowers an individual’s own chances of survival or reproduction, but raises those of a relative.
What is kin selection
400
What kind of molecule is thought to have been the first genetic material
What is RNA
400
______________________ is an action or signal on the part of one organism that alters the behavior of another organism
What is communication
400
The taxonomic rank that includes species but not families is
What is genus
400
Features that are inherited from a common ancestor are called:
What is homologous features
400
used for food location in honeybees
What is waggle dance
500
Which gas was the least abundant in the earth’s atmosphere 3.5 billion years ago?
What is oxygen
500
Prokaryotes are classified into _________ domain(s).
What is 2
500
Which scientist(s) first demonstrated in the laboratory that organic compounds could be synthesized in an abiotic environment?
What is Urey & Miller
500
What is the approximate age of the earth?
What is 4.6 billion
500
Behaviors that are learned easily and by all (or nearly all) individuals in a species are called
What is Prepared learning.
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