evolution

Question 1

did we evolve directly from apes?

Answer 1

no but we have a common ancestor

Question 2

what is evolution

Answer 2

change in populations of a species

Question 3

what is catastrophism

Answer 3

some organisms from the past are very different from the ones today

Question 4

what is Uniformitarianism?

Answer 4

past geological still at work
today

Question 5

what was lamark’s hypothesis?

Answer 5

Inherit acquired characteristics and believed life could evolve from nonliving matter

Question 6

were lamarks hypothesis’s true?

Answer 6

no

Question 7

how many years did charles darwin spend studying wild life?

Answer 7

5 years

Question 8

what was darwins boat name (maybe extra credit)

Answer 8

HMS Beagle

Question 9

what are the 4 steps of natural selection?

Answer 9

overproduction, genetic variation, struggle to survive, and differential reproduction.

Question 10

what is overproduction

Answer 10

each species produces more offspring than can survive

Question 11

what is genetic variation

Answer 11

species in a population have a variety of traits

Question 12

what is struggle to survive

Answer 12

species with adaptive traits are more likely to survive and reproduce

Question 13

what is carrying capacity

Answer 13

different ecosystems can only hold a certain amount of species

Question 14

what is the evidence of evolution

Answer 14

fossils, biogeography, homologous structures, and vestigial structures

Question 15

what are homologous structures

Answer 15

structures that are the same on the inside

Question 16

what are vestigial structures

Answer 16

structures in our body that we have no use for

Question 17

how old is earth

Answer 17

4.6 billion years old

Question 18

how long ago did dinosaurs go extinct

Answer 18

65 million years ago

Question 19

explain adaption

Answer 19

inherited characteristics that increase an organisms ability to survive

Question 20

what is fitness measured in?

Answer 20

grandchildren

Question 21

explain fitness

Answer 21

unique to a particular environment

Question 22

what is descent with modification

Answer 22

Each living species has descended, with
changes, from other species over time

Question 23

what is artificial selection

Answer 23

nature gives variation, humans choose the useful one of the variances

Question 24

define Archaeopteryx

Answer 24

missing links

Question 25

define morphology

Answer 25

“soul” of evolutionary evidence

Question 26

what is a gene pool

Answer 26

combined collection of genes for all traits in a population

Question 27

what is genetic equilibrium

Answer 27

occurs when the gene frequencies are stable from generation to generation