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Evolution
Natural Selection
Adaptations
Evidence for Evolution
Miscellaneous
100

This mechanism acts on the phenotype of individuals, and populations change over time

What is Natural Selection?

100

The survival and reproduction of the organisms that are RELATIVELY most fit for their environment

What is the definition of Natural Selection?

100

Elaborate mating calls and courtship displays are examples of this type of adaptation

What is behavioral adaptation?

100
The hip bones of a dolphin and the tailbone of a human
What are Vestigial Structures?
100
The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment.
What is Fitness?
200
A theory (explanation) supported by evidence for how populations change over time
What is evolution?
200
The variety of dog and cat breeds that we have today are a product of _________ _____________.
What is Artificial Breeding (Selective Breeding)
200
A variation in an organism that helps it survive
What is Adaptation?
200

An example of a structure that is homologous to a human's forearm.

What is a Dog’s paw, human arm, bat wing, whale flipper

200

This type of selection favors extreme traits in a population, while average traits are selected against.

What is Disruptive Selection?

300
Charles Darwin
Who is the father of Evolution?
300
The name of the islands where Darwin studied and gathered his evidence on Natural Selection
What are The Galapagos Islands?
300

An organism matches its surroundings in order to hide (daily double for correct spelling)

What is Camouflage?

300

Body parts that share a common function but have a different structure, and do not indicate a shared recent common ancestor. 

What is an analogous structure?

300
For two organisms to be the same species, they must produce offspring that are both _______ and _______ (200 each)

What is viable and fertile?

400

Natural Selection can only occur if these 2 conditions in a population are involved (Daily Double!)

What is Genetic Variation that may be Inherited?

400

Natural Selection relies on differences in _____________ and ___________ between individuals.

What is Survival and Reproduction?

400

An organism imitates another, possibly dangerous, animal

What is Mimicry?

400

Two molecules that may be compared between organisms to determine % relatedness. (pts for each)

What are DNA and Proteins (amino acid sequences)?

400

A group of the same species in the same place at the same time

What is a population?

500

Two different organisms share several homologous structures, they must have descended from a

What is a Common Ancestor?

500

A woman gets a tan, but does not pass this suntan to offspring because it is an _________ _______.

What is an Acquired Trait?

500

This type of evidence for evolution analyzes "useless" structures that are leftover from past ancestors. 

What are vestigial structures?

500

In broad terms, evolution is defined as the change in ____________    ____________  within a ____________ over __________ (500 each)

What is a change in the frequency of alleles within a population over time?

500

The wing of a bat and the wing of a bee are examples of what

What are analogous structures?