Evolution

Vocab 1

100

Change of time

Evolution

200

Type of evolution where inorganic molecules help create the first organic molecules

Chemical Evolution

300

Type of evolution where organisms evolved from simple to complex over millions of years

Organic Evolution

400

Another name for abiogenesis.  Means living things come from nonliving things

Spontaneous Generation

500

Living organisms come from other living organisms

Biogenesis

Vocab 2

100

Charles Darwin's greatest achievement.  Survival of the fittest

Natural Selection

200

Any thing that helps an organism survive and reproduce. (Ex: bird beak for seeds, webbed feet)

Adaptation

300

A group of similar organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring

Species

400

A process that changes the gene pool just because of chance and affects small populations the most

Genetic Drift

500

Theory that states how cells eat other cells to create mitochondria and chloroplasts

Endosymbiosis

Gene Flow

100

What can be expected of population of dark colored mice in the Arctic

They will decrease due to their color and eventually become extinct in that area

200

All of the genes or alleles in a given population

Gene Pool

300

Type of selection that favors average traits rather than extremes (Ex: baby weight)

Stabalizing

400

Type of selection that prefers one extreme or the other, just not average

Disruptive

500

Type of selection that prefers one extreme over anything else. (Ex:Fur color in dark habitats)

Directional

Speciation

100

What is the creation of a new species from an old species?

Speciation

200

Separation of a species by location

Geographic Isolation

300

Separation of species by time (Breeding seasons)

Temporal Isolation

400

Separation of species by mating rituals and other instinctive traits

Behavioral Isolation

500

A chart that shows how organisms have evolved from common ancestors over millions of years

Cladogram or Phylogenetic Tree

Origin of Life

100

This person disproved spontaneous generation once and for all by using a swan neck flask

Louis Pasteur

200

According to endosymbiosis what would be created if a prokaryote engulfed (ate) a smaller photosynthetic prokaryote

Chloroplast

300

What was 3 major components were involved in the theory that made the first amino acids before there were cells?

Ocean, lightning, and gases

400

Name one example of evidence to support evolution

Embryology, Comparative Anatomy, Molecular Anatomy or Fossils

500

One main driving force behind evolution is that all living organisms share a what?

Common Ancestor