Adaptations

Question 1

Evolution

Answer 1

A change in the genetic composition of a population over time.

Question 2

Microevolution

Answer 2

Evolution at the population level.

Question 3

Macroevolution

Answer 3

Evolution that gives rise to new species, genera, families, or classes.

Question 4

Evolution by Artificial Selection

Answer 4

The process in which humans determine which individuals t breed, typically with a preconceived set of traits in mind.

Question 5

Evolution by Natural Selection

Answer 5

The process in which the environment determines which individuals survive and reproduce.

Question 6

Fitness

Answer 6

An individual’s ability to survive and reproduce.

Question 7

Adaptation

Answer 7

A trait that improves an individual’s fitness

Question 8

Evolution by Random Processes

Answer 8

The processes that alter the genetic composition of a population over time, but the changes are not related to differences in fitness among individuals.

Question 9

Allopatric Speciation

Answer 9

The process of speciation that occurs with geographic isolation.

Question 10

Sympatric Speciation

Answer 10

The evolution of one species into two species, without any geographic isolation.

Question 11

Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)

Answer 11

An organism produced by copying genes from a species with some desirable trait and inserting them into other species of plants, animals, or microbes.