Evolution

Question 1

Charles Darwin

Answer 1

Founder of modern evolutionary theory

Question 2

What ship did Charles Darwin travel on and for how long?

Answer 2

The Beagle and for 5 years

Question 3

What did Charles Darwin do?

Answer 3

Studied diversity of life on Galapagos Island

Question 4

What is special about Galapagos Island?

Answer 4

Galapagos Island has never been inhabited by humans| Everything there adapted and evolved naturally

Question 5

What is natural selection?

Answer 5

Its when nature selects you to be removed from the genepool.

Ex: bear eats you while you’re hiking in the forest

Question 6

Selective Breeding

Answer 6

When humans choose two entities to breed and get a specific offspring.

Question 7

While on Galapagos Island Darwin saw what 2 animals

Answer 7

Tortoises and finches

Question 8

Fitness

Answer 8

Ability of an individual to survive and reproduce in its environment

Question 9

What was Darwin’s book?

Answer 9

The Origin of Species

Question 10

Darwin’s Influences

Answer 10

James Hutton, Charles Lyell, Malthus and Lamark

Question 11

James Hutton

Answer 11

Earch is shaped by geological forces over long periods of time.

Question 12

Lamark

Answer 12

Inheritance of aquired traits.

Question 13

Charles Lyell

Answer 13

Published “Principles of Geology”

Question 14

Malthus

Answer 14

Human populations of organisms will grow gaster than the space and food supplies needed to sustain it.

Question 15

Adaptations

Answer 15

Any inherited characteristic increases an organisms chance of survival.

Question 16

Adaptations that an individual acquires in their life does not

Answer 16

Pass onto their offspring.

Question 17

Mimicry

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An organism copying the appearance of another species.

Question 18

Camoflauge

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An organism’s ability to blend in with its surroundings

Question 19

Other examples

Answer 19

Species can change their metabolism
Penicillin is no longer as effective because bacteria have evolved
Weeds and insects become resistant to chemicals meant to kill them.

Question 20

Evidence of Evolution

Answer 20

Fossil Record - bones and teeth

Question 21

Anatomy of organisms

Answer 21

Homologous Structures
Analogous Structures
Vestigial Structures
Similarities of Embryology

Question 22

Homologous Structures

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Almost same structure of a body part but with different functions

Question 23

Analogous Structure

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Body parts of different organisms that have the same function but different structure.

Question 24

Vestigial Structures

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Any body structure that is reduced or has no function in a living organism but may have at one time by ancestors.

Question 25

Similarities of Embryology

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Similar embryo development suggest common ancestors.

Question 26

Analogous features

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Moth wing, bat wing, pteradactyl wing

Question 27

Homologous Features

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A human arm, a bat wing, a cats paw

Question 28

Genetic Drift

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Alteration of allelic frequencies by chance processes

Question 29

What can disrupt the genepool?

Answer 29

Migration