1.2 Intro To Evolution

Question 1

Natural Selection

Answer 1

A process by which certain organisms have traits that are better adapted to an environment and are able to survive longer

Question 2

Trait Variation

Answer 2

Allows for a favorable trait for natural selection

Question 3

Heritability

Answer 3

Traits can be passed from parent to offspring

Question 4

Differential Survival

Answer 4

Difference in survival to reproductive age based on the condition of the trait

Question 5

Differential Reproduction

Answer 5

Some individuals will have more breeding offspring than others

Question 6

Fitness

Answer 6

The number of viable offspring you produce in your lifetime

Question 7

Adaptation

Answer 7

A process by which individuals within a population acquire traits that increase their relative fitness

Question 8

Artificial Selection

Answer 8

Organisms being selected and breeded because they have a desirable trait that can be passed down

Question 9

Macroevolution

Answer 9

The change of one major taxonomic group into another

Question 10

Homology

Answer 10

Similar traits in separate species due to a shared common ancestor

Question 11

Vestigial Traits

Answer 11

Structures in organisms commonly found in the species that serve little or no function

Question 12

Microevolution

Answer 12

The change in a population over generations that helps to separate populations from each other genetically.