Chapter 17 & 18: Evolution

Question 1

___ is when single species evolved different adaptations & forms due to different environments

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Adaptive Radiation

Question 2

What is a trait that helps an organism survive in an environment?

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Adaptation

Question 3

The father of evolutionary biology is:

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Charles Darwin

Question 4

In relation to genes/alleles, natural selection indirectly:

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increase the frequency of helpful (fitness increasing) genes

Question 5

Natural selection acts directly on an organism's ________ not their genetic make up.

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phenotype

Question 6

When a snake produces venom in response to stimuli (in fear or for prey), it is called a(n):

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physiological adaptation

Question 7

The process where humans breed organisms for desired traits is called:

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Artificial Selection

Question 8

What are the differences found in traits within a population called?

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Variation

Question 9

What do we call similar bone structures that indicate a link to a common ancestor?

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Homologous Structures

Question 10

On the population level, natural selection indirectly:

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increase the frequency of helpful/fitness helping alleles

Question 11

Which is not an example of a trait and the variations of that trait?

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Curly Hair: Brown Hair, White Hair, or Red hair

Question 12

The process of change over time is known as:

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Evolution

Question 13

__ is when a a few individuals colonize a new habitat & allele frequencies change.

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founder effect

Question 14

Which of the following is not a factor of Hardy-Weinberg that can cause evolution to occur?

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Large population size

Question 15

The study of patterns in which new species evolve in evolution is called:

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macroevolution

Question 16

__ is when a catastrophic event randomly reduces a population and changes its allele frequency.

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bottleneck effect

Question 17

Survival of the Fittest is another name for:

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Natural Selection

Question 18

Which individual(s) influenced Darwin's theory of evolution with work on population growth?

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Thomas Malthus

Question 19

An animal who hunts at night to avoid exerting itself in the desert heat is an example of?

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Behavioral Adaptation

Question 20

The idea that living things have descended,with changes,from other species over time is called:

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Descent with Modification

Question 21

What was the name of Darwin's book about evolution and natural selection?

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On the Origin of Species

Question 22

Which necessary step of natural selection is represented in the picture?

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Overproduction

Question 23

Lamarck's theory of evolution include the idea that an organism traits arise as a result of:

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the actions of an organism through use/disuse of body parts

Question 24

Which of the following is NOT a factor the of Hardy-Weinberg Principle?

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random mating

Question 25

Which of the following is evidence for evolution? See picture for a hint.

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Fossils

Question 26

The study of inherited traits that change a species in a population overtime:

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microevolution

Question 27

What was the name of Darwin's ship?

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HMS Beagle

Question 28

Which is an example of a trait?

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Fur Color

Question 29

Hindleg bones in whales, that they no longer use, but are present in their bodies are called:

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Vestigial Structures

Question 30

What is the characteristic of an organism that can vary within a population?

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Trait

Question 31

Darwin described that how well organisms can survive and reproduce in its specific environment:

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fitness

Question 32

______ is when distant/unrelated species have similar traits due to their environements.

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Convergent Evolution

Question 33

Analogous structures have the same ___________.

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Function

Question 34

The merger of Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution and Gregor Mendel's Genetics is called:

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Modern Synthesis

Question 35

Humans and chimpanzees share 98% identical DNA sequences (ATGC's) is an example of:

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biochemical evidence for evolution

Question 36

What type of adaptation refers to the way an organism acts?

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Behavioral

Question 37

Which two individuals influences Darwin's theory of evolution with geological change?

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James Hutton and Charles Lyell

Chapter 17 & 18: Evolution

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Chapter 17 & 18: Evolution

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