AAC Classification, kingdoms and evolution

Intrasexual selection:

If a population is at Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium then that population is...

What does reproductive isolation lead to?

Which of the following was NOT supported by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck?

The introduction of new alleles into a population through migration

Why do scientists organize living things into groups?

Geologists use radioactive dating to:

organisms that break down dead organisms for food

What are transitional fossils?

The carrying capacity is

Both bats and mosquitoes have wings. Wings are an example of

eukaryotic; multicellular; land and water; autotrophs; producers

Which scientist developed the two name system of classifying organisms?

Extinction can allow adaptive radiation to occur

organisms that eat other organisms for food

How well an organism survives and reproduces in its environment can be described as its

asexual reproduction- one cell splits into two cells through binary fission

The constant in Hardy Weinberg equations that represents homozygous recessive individuals

What is binomial nomenclature?

Pattern of evolution that results in rapid speciation when new niches open ie. Age of Mammals

In Darwin's time, many people thought Earth was formed just a few thousand years ago.

An inherited characteristic that increases an organism's ability to survive & reproduce is

Darwin's theory of evolution is supported by

Postzygotic reproductive barriers that cause hybrid offspring to be unable to reproduce

Which is NOT part of Darwin's theory of evolution?

Body parts that have little/no purpose are called

Divergent evolution describes

Which two organisms are closely related?

Placement of organisms in each level of classification is based on what?

Where would chloroplasts have evolved on the cladogram?

eukaryotic; most unicellular; watery environments; animal-like, plant-like, or fungi-like

prokaryotic; unicellular; extremely salty, hot, or acidic environments

made of many cells

The random change in allele frequency due to fire or natural disaster or population bottleneck

A form of genetic drift that occurs when a small subset of a population migrates to a new area

Peppered moths vary in color from light gray to black. In an area without factories, we expect

If 60% of alleles in a gene pool are dominant, the frequency of the recessive allele is?

In the Hardy Weinberg equation, p stands for

Courtship rituals by one species maintain reproductive isolation by

Are all Protist unicellular

The sum of all of the alleles for a genetic trait in a population

Convergent evolution

Postzygotic reproductive barriers that cause second generation hybrid offspring to have reduced fitness

Which of the following is NOT part of the main principles of natural selection?

All protista are eukaryotic

In addition to living species, Darwin studied the preserved remains of ancient organisms called

In taxonomy, a group at any level of organization is referred to as a

What is taxonomy?

What would be a favorable trait for a rabbit trying to avoid predators in a snowy environment?

Body parts that are used for the same function but are NOT the same structure are called

All would be conditions that satisfy Hardy Weinberg EXCEPT

What did Darwin notice about the Finches?

largest bacteria kingdom; prokaryotic; unicellular; cell walls contain peptidoglycan

Eukaryotic; mostly multicellular; damp environments; heterotrophs; decomposers

made of one cell

In this cladogram, which species are tetrapods?

Describe the overall concept of relative dating.

Protein Sequencing was done on these six organisms. Which two are closely related.

Intersexual selection refers to ...

In natural selection, humans select the variations of traits to be passed down to offspring.

Gene pool refers to ...

The squirrel populations are separated by a river. The mechanism of reproductive isolation is

Phylogeny is...

eukaryotic; multicellular; land and water; heterotroph; consumer

A cat's scientific name is  Felix domesticus, which genus does it belong to ?

In a muddy pool, light-colored fish are more likely to be eaten than dark fish. Dark color is

A group of related organisms that naturally breed to produce fertile offspring

Structures shared by organisms that come from a common ancestor are called

a cell with a defined nucleus and defined membrane bound organelles

Natural Selection acts directly on:

On a cladogram, a node represents:

If two organisms are in the same kingdom, they must also be in the same:

99% of all species that have ever lived are now extinct

Which organism is closely related to Ursus arctos