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Meiosis
Evolution
History of Life on Earth
Mechanisms of Evolution
Speciation
100
Human reproduction
What is the function of meiosis in the human body
100
Evidence of extinct species and ancestral forms of our current species
What are fossils
100
Based on the decay of radioactive isotopes and provides absolute ages of fossils
What is radiometric dating
100
Variation, heritability, and differential reproduction
What are components of natural selection
100
An appearance of a new species
What is speciation
200
The DNA in the cell is copied resulting in two identical full sets of chromosomes.
What is interphase
200
He proposed that organisms change over time as a result of inheritance of acquired characteristics
What is Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
200
Who proposed Continental Drift?
Who is Alfred Wegener
200
Alleles of all genes in all individuals in a population
What is a gene pool
200
Occurrence of large scale changes in characteristics
What is macroevolution
300
Having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.
What is haploid
300
Individuals with certain inherited traits are more likely to survive and reproduce than individuals with other traits
What is natural selection
300
Theory that all continents had been joined in a single supercontinent and have since broken up
What is Continental Drift
300
____ do not evolve, _____ do
What are individuals and populations
300
A concept states that members of the same species usually look alike
What is morphological species
400
Two haploid cells form and the chromosomes are still doubled
What is telophase I and cytokinesis
400
Remnants of features that served important functions in the organisms ancestors
What is vestigial structures
400
Earth’s crust is divided into a number of large plates that float atop the mantle
What is Plate Tectonics
400
Change in nucleotide sequence of DNA
What is a mutation
400
Initial block to gene flow is a geographic barrier that physically isolates the splinter population
What is allopatric speciation
500
Sister chromatids separate
What is anaphase II
500
All life uses the same genetic language of DNA and RNA, the genetic code is universal, and all life uses ATP
What is the genetic code and biochemistry
500
Has large impact on the evolution of biodiversity and explains many patterns of biogeography study of the past and present distribution of organisms
What is continental drift
500
Genetic exchange with another population
What is migration
500
Species occur when a ______ splits into two reproductively-isolated populations
What is parent species