Definition
Each species has its own place in the ecosystem/food chain. It is called a …
Niche
The closest primate we are related to
Chimpanzee
The theory that living things can only come from other living things
Biogenesis
Italian physician and poet who demonstrated that the presence of maggots in putrefying meat does not result from spontaneous generation but from eggs laid on the meat by flies.
Francesco Redi
Intraspecific competition is
Same species competition
A natural process that results in the adaptation of an organism to its environment by means of selectively reproducing changes in its genotype, or genetic constitution.
Natural Selection
Behavioral changes of individuals of a species that allow for better survival.
Acquired traits or adaptation
The natural process by which life has arisen from non-living matter, such as simple organic compounds
Abiogenesis
What was the Miller-Urey experiment trying to prove?
That first life came from non life
The identification by humans of desirable traits in plants and animals, and the steps taken to enhance and perpetuate those traits in future generations
Artificial Selection
The total of alleles of the genes located in the reproductive cells of the individuals
Gene pool
What equation can be used to estimate and monitor the change in frequency of alleles in a population
Hardy Weinberg Equation
A large bird that went extinct on the island of mauritius
Dodo
Who conducted the first experiment that showed conclusively that living things come from other living things
Louis Pasteur
Differences among individual members of the same species are referred to as
Variation
A type of protobiont
coacervate, microsphere, liposome
Abiotic factors that affect population growth, give 3!
Temperature, light, pH, water and humidity
The bird that darwin studied on the galapagos islands
Finch
Who made the Theory of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics?
Lamarck
Difference between allopatric and sympatric speciation
Allopatric: caused by physical barrier
Sympatric: caused by gene mutation.
Mention 2 meanings of :
Omne vivum ex ovo means
Omne ovum ex vivo means
Omne vivum ex vivo means
All living things come from egg
Eggs come from living things
Living things come from living things
What are the 2 types of natural selection types of natural selection
Stabilising selection
Directional selection
Disruptive selection
Balancing selection
The extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs took place how many years ago
50-90 mil
Hardy-weinberg’s 4 disturbing factors. mention 2.
Selection, Genetic drift, Founder effect, Emigration/immigration
Mention 3 reasons why organisms become extinct
Climate change, Competition, Habitat Loss, Destructions by humans