Speciation
What type is it called when organisms begin to explore new niches?
Sympatric speciation.
What is it called when genes get passed down from parents to offspring?
Inheritance
What are homologous traits?
Similar functions found in different organisms pointing to a common ancestor.
What is taxonomy?
The science of classifying organisms.
How can you increase biological fitness?
Attract a mate, Care for your young, and Produce lots of offspring.
What is a niche?
A specific role an organism plays within its ecosystem.
What is the fourth component of evolution?
Natural Selection.
What are analogous traits?
Structures with similar functions, but different ancestors.
What is the system invented for naming organisms.
Binomial nomenclature.
What are 3 contributing factors of biological fitness?
What are the three types of speciation?
Allopatric speciation, Parapatric speciation, and Sympatric speciation.
What are the three domains of life?
Archea, Bacteria, and Eukarya.
What is convergent evolution?
2 species start to resemble each other due to sharing a similar habitat.
Who invented binomial nomenclature?
Carolus Linnaeus.
What is biological fitness?
An organisms ability to pass its genetics to offspring.
What type of speciation has no geographic barrier?
Parapatric speciation.
What are the tree ways variation arises in organisms.
Mutation, Crossing over, and Independent assortment.
What is divergent evolution?
1 species begins to accumulate different traits, leading to 2 different species.
What do cladograms show?
Evolutionary relationships, Shared characteristics, and Common ancestors.
What are the 4 things needed for natural selection?
Variation in individual characteristics and fitness, overproduction, and inheritance of favorable traits.
What is allopatric speciation?
Geographic isolation that over time causes 2 distinct species.
Name the 5 components of Evolution.
Variation, Overproduction, Inheritance, Natural Selection, and Time.
What are the 4 things used to construct trees?
Homologous and analogous traits, and convergent and divergent evolution.
What are Cladistics?
A biological classification where organisms are categorized in groups based on most recent common ancestor.
What is the difference between artificial selection and natural selection?
Natural selection is naturally occurring while organisms adapt to survive and reproduce, and artifice selection is when people introduce traits and select certain traits to breed for desired characteristics.