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Primordial Soup Theory
Vocabulary
Evidence of Evolution/Scientists
Mechanisms of Evolution
100

What was the clan name in the Artificial selection video we watched in Class?

Heike 

100

Who were the scientists that simulated the water cycle to test the origin of life?

Miller and Urey

100

What does bipedal mean?

Animals that walk on two legs

100

Who discovered the theory of Evolution?

Charles Darwin

100

What mechanism of evolution is the movement of genes from one population to another population? (Example: A bee carrying pollen from one flower population to another)

Genetic Flow/Gene Flow

200

A mating system in which at least some individuals are more or less likely to mate with individuals of a particular genotype than with individuals of other genotypes

What is the Word? 

Nonrandom mating

200

What gas was absent from the early atmosphere?

Free Oxygen

200

the process by which humans choose individual organisms with certain phenotypic trait values for breeding

Artificial Selection

200

the theory that living things can only come from other living things

Biogenesis theory

200

A mechanism of evolution- the change in frequency of an existing gene variant in the population due to random chance

Genetic Drift

300

 Any change in the DNA sequence of a cell and can be positive, negative or neutral. (Example: Sickle cell disease)

What is the word for this definition?

Mutation

300

Which cycle did Miller and Urey simulate during their experiment?

Water Cycle

300

Some eukaryotic cell organelles, such as mitochondria and plastids, evolved from free-living prokaryotes. Eukaryotes came from Prokaryotes. 

What theory is this?

Endosymbiotic/Endosymbiont theory

300

What scientist was credited for disproving spontaneous generation?

Louis Pasteur

300

This is a mechanism of evolution-organisms have adaptations that make them better able to live in their environment. What is the vocabulary term for this definition?

Natural Selection

400

What type of vision is associated with having eyes in front of the face? (think about what you use for bird watching)

Binocular

400

What did the spark used in the Miller-Urey experiment represent?

Lightning

400

What is the name of the structure that shares similar physical features in organisms that share a common (same) ancestor, but the features serve completely different functions?

Homologous Structures

400

What scientist was credited for the endosymbiont/endosymbiotic theory?

Lynn Margulis

400

What type of Genetic Drift has the definition:

"when a small group of individuals becomes separated from a larger population" ?

Founder's effect

500

What type of organisms developed first due to the early environmental conditions on Earth? (2 answers)

Prokaryotic and Anaerobic

500

What compounds were formed as a result in the Miller-Urey experiment?

Amino acids

500

What is the structure that the features of different species  are similar in function but not necessarily in structure and which do not derive from a common ancestral feature?

Analogous structure

500

Scientists believe that the first life forms to appear on planet Earth were probably similar to which modern  organisms?

Bacteria

500

Which type of genetic drift will result in the drastic reduction of a gene pool because of a population being reduced in size due to natural disasters, habitat loss, or overhunting?

Bottleneck Effect