Crossword Questions

Question 1

_____ of the fittest is darwins explanation for diversity in natire

Answer 1

Survival

Question 2

Preserved remains of an ancient organism

Answer 2

Fossil

Question 3

Evolution of a species without a physical barrier.

Answer 3

Sympatric

Question 4

Random change in genetic material ghat can be harmfal, lethal, or advantageous

Answer 4

Mutation

Question 5

An inherited trait that improves the chances of survival and reproduction for an organism

Answer 5

Adaption

Question 6

Change is the look (phenotype) of an organism over time

Answer 6

Macroeveolution

Question 7

Form of evolution in which different organisms produce species that are similar in appearance and behaviour.

Answer 7

Convergent

Question 8

A change in the allelic frequencies in a population that is due to chance.

Answer 8

Genetic drift

Question 9

Form of evolution also known ad adaptive radiation

Answer 9

Divergent

Question 10

Acts to select individuals that are the best adapted for survival and reproduction (similar to artificial selection)

Answer 10

Natiral selection

Question 11

Type of natural selection in which one extreme phenotype becomes a favourable adaption.

Answer 11

Directional

Question 12

State of existence that involves very little or no change

Answer 12

Genetic equilibrium

Question 13

Structures that look similar but function differently

Answer 13

Homologous

Question 14

Entire genetic content of a population

Answer 14

Gene pool

Question 15

____ organs are remnants of structures that were once useful in primitive ancestors but are now disppearing

Answer 15

Vestigial

Question 16

A change in genetic makeup of a population over time

Answer 16

Evolution

Question 17

Process, also known as divergent evolution, in which one species gives rise to many species

Answer 17

Adaptive radiation

Question 18

Body parts that look different but have the same function and different internal organs

Answer 18

Analogous

Question 19

Evolutionary history of species

Answer 19

Phylogeny

Question 20

Author of “the origin of species by means of natural selection@

Answer 20

Farwin

Question 21

Measure of the relative contribution an individual trait makes to the next generation

Answer 21

Fitness

Question 22

____ determines the approximate age pf fossils based on the law of superposition

Answer 22

Relative dating

Question 23

Method used to construct a hypothetical evolutionary tree

Answer 23

Cladistics

Question 24

Rate of speciation that occurs slowly and gradually

Answer 24

Gradualism

Question 25

Creation of new species through the process of natural selection

Answer 25

Speciation

Question 26

Individuals of the same species that can interbreed and are located in a given area

Answer 26

Population

Question 27

Type of reproductive isolation that operated before fertilization

Answer 27

Pre-zygotic