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Darwin & Natural Selectiom Flashcards

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What did Charles Darwin study?

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Barnacles and geology of Scotland

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What did charles Darwin write

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Origin of species

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What did Charles darwin breed

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Fancy pigeons

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What ship was Charles Darwin

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Hms beagle for 5 yetas

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What is natural selection

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Mechanism fit change in populations

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Organisms with favorable traits?

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Survive

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7
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What does environment select

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Selects traits that will be passed on greater frequency

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4 key points of natural selection

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More offspring made then survive
Individuals have variation
Offspring of survivors make up most of the new generation

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What is natural selection behind

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Evolution

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What is evolution

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Change in a population organism over generations

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What is structural adaptations

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A structural adaptation is a structure that makes it easier to survive

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Example of structural adaptation

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Camoflauge

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13
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Are fossils evidence for evolution

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Yes

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14
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What are homologus structures

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Similar structures in different species

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What are analogous structures

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Body parts that share common function but no evo history

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What are vestigial structures

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A structure with no purpose

17
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What do nearly all organisms have

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DNA, Atp, similar enzymes

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What is stabilizing selection

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Selection that favors medium phenotype

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What is directional selection

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Favors one extrem phenotype

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What is disruptive selection

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Favors either extreme phenotype

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What is gradualism

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Originate due to gradual changes

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What is punctuated equilibriums

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Originate in short rapid bursts then long periods

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What is adaptive radiation

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One species evolves into many different species in habitats

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What is divergent evolution

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When species that were similar become different

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What is convergent evolution

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Organisms in different places evolve similar traits due to natural selection

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