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Evolution
Natural Selection
Evidence for Evolution
Miscellaneous
100

This involves population and individuals

What is Evolution?

100
The survival and reproduction of the organisms that are genetically best fit for their environment
What is the definition of Natural Selection?
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
Charles Darwin
Who is the father of Evolution?
200

The variety of dog and cat breeds that we have today are a product of _________ _____________.

What is Artificial Breeding (Selective Breeding)

200

What is a homologous structure?

Similar physical features but different functions

200
The first set of organisms that lived on Earth
What is Bacteria?
300
Evolution can only occur is this is involved
What is Genetic Variety?
300
The name of the islands where Darwin studied and gathered his evidence on Natural Selection
What are The Galapagos Islands?
300
Body parts that share a common function but have a different structure
What is an analogous structure?
300

What did Miller Urey experiment discover?

inorganic compounds ----> organic compounds

400

How is genetic drift different than gene flow?

genetic drift causes decrease in genetic variation

400
How was Lamarck's theory of evolution different than Darwins

acquired traits vs natural selection

400

List three ways we support the theory of evolution?

fossil records, embryology, Biogeography 

400

 According to scientific theories, which change contributed most directly to the evolution of aerobic organisms?

appearance of oxygen / photosynthesis 

500
Two different organisms are alike, they share this in their bloodline
What is a Common Ancestor?
500

What are the basic trends we see in hominid evolution?

smaller jaw size, flat face, small teeth, bigger brains

500
In embryology, the embryos are very similar to each other
What is a common ancestor?
500

When individuals of one population enter another is called?

Gene Flow