Evolution

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Facts

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Observed or measured data that helps explain something

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Theory

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Interpretation of facts that has been repeatedly supported

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Law

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Explains how something happens using mathematical equations

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Evolution

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The process of change overtime
Specifically, a change in the frequency of alleles in a population over time

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Charles Darwin

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Father of Evolution
Proposed a mechanism for evolution: natural selection
Wrote Book: On the Origin of Species

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Natural selections

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Organisms that are best adapted to an environment survive and reproduce more than others

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What are the two ideas about evolution?

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Descent with modification, Common descent

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Descent with modification

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

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Common descent

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all living organisms are related to one another and came from one common ancestor

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What evidence is there for evolution?

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The fossil record, homologous body structures, vestigial structures, embryology, biochemistry

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Structural adaptations

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Changes to the physical features of the organism

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Behavioral adaptions

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Learned behaviors that help organisms to survive

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Physiological adaptations

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Automatic responses an organism’s body has to something

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Divergent evolution

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The process in which species that were once similar become dissimilar and results in a new species
Ex. Monkey, whale, pig, bird

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Convergent Evolution

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The process in which two distinct lineages evolve a similar characteristic of a different species
Ex. Shark, dolphin

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Bottleneck

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Occurs when a population declines to a low point, then rebounds
Example: Cheetah populations

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Species

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A group of closely related organisms that interbreed in nature and have the possibility of producing fertile offspring

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Hybrid

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The offspring of 2 different species (infertile)
Ex. Mule, Liger

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Speciation

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The evolution of a new species

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Allopatric Speciation

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A physical barrier divides one population into two or more populations leading to new species

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Sympatric Speciation

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A species evolves into a new species without a physical barrier, and live side by side through the process

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Mimicry

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An adaption in which an organism imitates another animal, plant, or objects in its environment
Ex. Eastern coral snake, scarlet king snake

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Camouflage

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An adaptation in which an organism blends in with their environment
Ex. Gecko

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Hardy-Weinberg Principle

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Allele and genotype frequencies in a population will remain the same generation to generation