Biodiversity and Classification
This system of naming organisms uses two Latin words, representing the genus and species.
Taxonomy
Organisms that create their own energy through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.
What are autotrophs (or producers)?
The scientist who proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Charles Darwin
This type of graph is most suitable for showing changes over time.
Line Graph
This diagram shows evolutionary relationships among species based on shared derived characteristics.
What is a cladogram?
The greatest biodiversity can typically be found in this type of ecosystem.
Rainforest
The role or function an organism plays in its ecosystem.
What is a niche?
The term for inherited characteristics that enhance an organism's ability to survive and reproduce.
What are adaptations?
The statistical measure that indicates how much variation exists from the mean in a dataset.
What is standard deviation?
If a characteristic is present in a distant ancestor but absent in more recent ancestors, it is considered this type of trait
What is an ancestral trait (or plesiomorphy)?
These types of adaptations involve changes in the physical characteristics of an organism?
What are structural adaptations?
This process describes the gradual change in species composition of a community over time.
What is ecological succession?
The term for differences in physical traits among individuals of a population.
What is variation?
This term refers to the consistency of results obtained in repeated measurements or experiments.
What is reliability?
The DNA or protein sequences used to infer evolutionary relationships are examples of this type of data.
What is molecular data?
The classification rank between order and genus.
Family
These relationships between species involve one organism benefiting while the other is harmed.
What is parasitism?
This is the mechanism of evolution where individuals with favorable traits are more likely to survive and reproduce.
What is natural selection?
The number of data points or observations in a study.
What is sample size?
Cladograms are based on the principle of grouping species by this type of relationship.
What is evolutionary ancestry?
This type of biodiversity refers to the variety of genetic material within a population or species.
Genectic Diversity
What is Species Richness?
The number of different and individual species in an ecosystem
The name for the observable process of change in allele frequencies within a population over generations.
What is microevolution?
In a study of beak size evolution in finches, the distribution of trait measurements is often described using this measure of central tendency.
What is the mean?
The term for the line representing evolutionary time and relationships between species on a cladogram.
What is a branch?