Evolution

Question 0

Inheritance of acquired characteristics

Answer 0

Characteristics of individuals change during their own lifetime 
The changed (acquired) characteristics are passed on to the next generation

Question 1

Micropropagation (tissue culture)

Answer 1

A way in which very small pieces of plants can be grown to produce commercial quantities of identical plants (clones) with desirable characteristics

Question 2

Evidence for Lamarck

Answer 2

Changes in individuals can be acquired over time

Question 3

Evidence against Lamarck

Answer 3

These acquired characteristics are not passed on

Question 4

Natural selection

Answer 4

The mechanism of evolution

Question 5

How does natural selection work? 3 step plan

Answer 5

1) the environment ‘selects’ from already existing variations the ones that are best suited for a particular environment
2) these survive and breed & pass on their genes
3) more offspring with these characteristics are produced

Question 6

Where does the variation come from?

Answer 6

Mutations in genes

Question 7

Observed micro evolution

Answer 7

Small scale changes within species leading to new subspecies

Question 8

Fossils

Answer 8

Mineralised or otherwise preserved remains of animals, plants and other organisms

Question 9

Most common way for fossils to be formed

Answer 9

Harder parts of animal/plant are replaced by minerals over a long period of time

Question 10

Extinction

Answer 10

The permanent loss of all the members of a species from the earth

Question 11

Mass extinction

Answer 11

Loss of a number of species at the same time

Question 12

The theory of evolution

Answer 12

All the species which are alive today -and many more which are now extinct-
Evolved from simple life forms, which first developed more than 3 billion years ago

Question 13

Darwin’s theory

Answer 13

Evolution takes place through natural selection