Key Vocabulary
Natural Selection
Mechanisms of Evolution
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Mechanisms of Evolution
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Evidence of Evolution
Free Points!
100
The difference in the physical traits of an individual from those of other individuals in the group in which it belongs.
What is variation?
100
Who first came up with the idea of "Natural Selection"
Charles Darwin 
100
_______ is the movement of alleles from one population to another.
What is gene flow?
100
A random change in the DNA of an organism is known as _________.
What is a mutation?
100
TRIPLE POINTS _____ are traces of an organism that lived in the past?
What are fossils?
100
What has a head, a tail, is brown, and has no legs?
A penny 
200
Double Points! A feature that allows an organism to better survive and reproduce in its environment.
What is adaptation?
200
Darwin proposed ________ as a mechanism for evolution
Natural selection
200
The change in allele frequency due to chance is known as __________.
What is genetic drift?
200
New allele combinations are formed in offspring as a result of ________.
What is recombination?
200
_______ is the study of the distribution of organisms around the world.
What is biogeography?
200
DAILY TRIPLE!!!!! (600 points!)Each team sends one person to the front of the room. (Send whoever you think is nicest)
Each person has 3 tries. Whoever can give the nicest compliment to my sub is the winner of these points (The sub gets to choose 🙂)
300
The process of biological change by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors.
What is evolution?
300
Darwin proposed natural selection as a ________ for evolution
What is mechanism?
300
The two process through which genetic drift can occur are _______ & _________.
What is bottleneck effect & founder effect?
300
What result does genetic drift have on a population?
What is loss of genetic variation?
300
______ is referred to when describing the similarities between the embryos of organisms.
What is embryology/ developmental similarities?
300
I need an answer by the time this clock hits zero. Which weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
They both weigh the same...1 pound
400
A mechanism by which individuals that have inherited beneficial adaptations show differential reproductive success.
What is natural selection?
400
Genetic variation is stored in a population’s ___________
What is gene pool?
400
The rise of two or more species from one existing species is called _______.
What is speciation?
400
______ is genetic drift that occurs after an event greatly reduces the size of a population.
What is the bottleneck effect?
400
_______ are features that are similar in structure but appear in different organisms and have different functions.
What are homologous structures?
400
If it takes five machines five minutes to make five widgets, how long for 100 machines to make 100 widgets?
5 minutes...
500
A measure of the ability to survive and produce more offspring relative to other members of the population in a given environment.
What is fitness?
500
_______ is a measure of how common a certain allele is in the population.
What is allele frequency?
500
______ is a term used to describe when a certain trait may improve the mating success of an organism.
What is Sexual Selection?
500
______ is genetic drift that occurs after a small number of individuals colonize a new area.
What is founder effect?
500
_______ are structures that perform similar functions but are not similar in origin.
What are analogous structures?
500
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAND THAT WAS A LIE, NOTHING IS FREE! 
What was the name of the ship that Darwin traveled in?
The HMS Beagle!