Darwin's Theory of Evolution
The Definition of the Theory
What is process of continuous improvement
Struggle for Existence (definition and it's types)
What is the fight for survival among living organisms
Definition
What are processes which take place in the populations of a species and leads to the emergence of new species
What is the natural selection leads to the accumulation of adaptations in a population, which can eventually result in the fomation of new species
Definition
What is set of individuals with similar characteristics, living permanently in a certain area, within which they reproduce and leave fertile offspring.
Factors of Evolution
What are Heredity, Variability, Natural Selection
Intraspecific Competition
What is a competition between individuals of the same species
Elementary Evolutionary factors (Mutations)
What is affects only certain individuals and the new alleles of the existing genes are passed on to the offspring
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What is Directional Selection
Morphological and Physiological Classification (based on...)
What is based on observable physical characteristics (e.g., size, shape, color, structures)
What is based on the metabolic and functional processes (e.g., respiration, digestion, reproduction etc.)
Interspecific competition (types and their definition)
What is Direct and Indirect
Requirements for Natural Selection
What are Variation, Inheritance, Struggle for existence, Survival at the Fittest, Adaptation
Elementary Evolutionary Factors (Migration)
What is when individuals of a given species move to a new location
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What is the Stabilizing Selection
Biochemical and Genetic Classification (based on...)
What is based on the comparison of species-specific biopolymers
What is based on the specific karyotype of each species
Natural Selection
What is organisms with better traits that are better suited to their environment have a higher chanceof surviving and reproducing than those with less advantageous traits
Sexual Selection Definition
What is type of natural selection that affects organism's abillity to reproduce rather than just survive
Elementary Evolutionary Factors (Population Waves - definition and its types)
What are the fluctuations in the size of a population within a particular environment over time
What are Periodic and Non-Periodic
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What is the Disruptive Selection
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Types of Variability (bonus points for explaining each one)
Types of Sexual Selection (bonus points for their definition and one example of each type)
What is Intersexual, Intrasexual, Artificial Selection
Elementary Evolutionary Factors (Isolation - definition and bonus points for the types)
What are same species separated and prevented from interbreeding
What are Seasonal, Mechanical, Ecologival, Ethological, Geographical
DAILY DOUBLE
Give me an example for Disruptive Selection
Example: An area that has black, white and grey bunnies is characterized with both black and white rocks. Both traits - white and black will be favored by natural selection since they both prove useful camouflage. The intermediate trait of grey does not prove as useful and therefore selective pressures act against the trait
Ethological, Ecological and Geographical (based on...)
What is based on behavior patterns and reproductive behaviors.
What is based on their ecological niche or role in the ecosystem (e.g., predators, herbivores, decomposers)
What is based on their geographical distribution