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Darwin
Natural Selection
Evidence of Evolution
Mechanisms of Evolution
Miscellaneous
100
This is the name of the islands off the coast of Ecuador where Darwin noted some of his most famous observations.
What is Galapagos?
100
A short phrase describing the idea that organisms with the adaptations best suited to the environment will survive.
What is "Survival of the fittest" or Natural Selection.
100
This is the study of the structure and function of different body parts in the adult version of organisms and comparing them for possible homology.
What is comparative anatomy?
100
If the average trait is most desirable, there will be this type of selection: stabilizing, directional, or disruptive?
What is stabilizing selection?
100
One of the major sources of variation in a population is this--random changes in genetic material. What is the scientific name of these sorts of changes?
What is mutation?
200
These were the type of birds that Darwin famously studied and noted both similarities and differences. (He also studied other animals such as giant tortoises and iguanas.)
What are finches?
200
The 4 major principles of natural selection include: inheritability, over reproduction, reproductive advantage, and __________________.
What is variation?
200
Structures that are similar at first glance, but are NOT from common ancestors, but are instead a result of convergent evolution.
What is analogous structure?
200
Genetic drift is caused by the movement of organisms. What are the two types of movement? (In scientific vocabulary!)
What are immigration and emigration?
200
If one extreme trait like the coloring of the peppered moths is desirable over the other extreme, there will be a shift in the population called? (What kind of selection?)
What is directional selection?
300
This is the name of the ship Darwin sailed on
What is HMS Beagle?
300
This vocabulary term is a measure of an organism's ability to survive and reproduce.
What is fitness?
300
The similar bones in the arm of a human, forearm of a reptile, wing of a bird are types of this kind of structure, which indicates a common ancestor.
What is homologous structure?
300
When a population diverges and is reproductively isolated, this happens (Vocabulary!)
What is speciation?
300
The name of the tree like diagram that is used to draw the relationships of different organisms is called a ______________.
What is cladogram or phylogenic tree?
400
Darwin found pieces of rock embedded with the calcified hard shell of the Glyptodont. This type of rock is called what to paleontologists?
What is a fossil?
400
Natural selection was first described by which two scientists?
Who were Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace?
400
More recent features that do not show up in really old fossils
What are derived traits?
400
Hummingbirds and orchids have a mutualistic relationship and thus as the population of orchids evolved the the population of hummingbirds did to. This is an example of _____________________.
What is coevolution?
400
Convergent evolution results in this kind of features: Homologous, Vestigal, or Analogous
What is Analogous?
500
Darwin asked pigeon breeders for help forming his theory of natural selection, because they selected traits of the pigeons that were desirable. This is an example of _____________ _______________. This was evidence that the same thing could happen in nature, but instead nature would do the selection.
What is artificial selection?
500
Natural selection describes the evolution of a _____________ (not an individual)
What is population?
500
In comparative biochemistry, this is usually analyzed.
What is DNA or Protein?
500
When a group of organisms is introduced to a new area they may quickly diverge fit into the many niches of the environment. This is called _______________ ______________. (Vocabulary!)
What is adaptive radiation?
500
Bacteria may gain adaptations to help them live despite the presence of antibiotics. This results in antibiotic __________________.
What is resistance?