History
This naturalist wrote "On the Origin of Species"
Charles Darwin
Another term for K capacity
Carrying Capacity
The term for when we bred different dog breeds from wolves
Artificial selection
Evolution happens to _______ – not an individual
Populations
A group of individuals from the same species
Population
This economist invented the classic population theory
Thomas Malthus
The leading theory before Darwin's "On the Origin of Species"
Transmutation
A bottleneck event
When traits are maintained based on attraction
Sexual selection
A group of multiple species living in the same habitat
Community
This species investigated by Darwin and subsequent researchers is an example of evolution & natural selection
Galápagos Finches
The term for differences among a species, like different bird beaks or different color feathers
Variations
During a drought, this type of beak was the fittest among Galapagos Finches
Large-billed
When female mate choice drives an exaggerated physical trait over successive generations
Runaway selection
Mutualism
This event spurred the human population to rise to over a billion
The Industrial Revolution
How we know who was the fittest in their population. (Hint: ______ Success)
Reproductive Success
It is called _____, when genes change over time due to chance rather than true natural selection
Genetic drift
The location where Darwin's Finches evolutionarily originated from
Mainland South America
A Remora attaches itself to a shark, gaining a free ride and leftover food. This is an example of ...
Commensalism
Humans defy the conventional K capacity. _____ is the type of growth curve we are experiencing
The type of dinosaurs birds evolved from
Theropods
The couple who continued Darwin's work on the Galapagos Finches
Peter & Rosemary Grant
A species that evolved to have two postorbital fenestrae (Any species)
Birds, dinosaurs, crocodiles/alligators, lizards, and snakes
The type of carbon that is created once CO2 makes its way into a plant via photosynthesis
Organic