Evolution

Question 1

how do we measure evolution?

Answer 1

genereations

Question 2

what is a well supported testable explanation of phenomena that have occurred in the natural world

Answer 2

scientific theory

Question 3

why is growth and development not considered evolution?

Answer 3

they are changes that occur in an organisms lifetime

Question 4

what ship did Darwin go on and how long was his journey?

Answer 4

HMS Beagle and 5 years

Question 5

his observations on mainly the _____ _____ contributed to his hypothesis about evolution

Answer 5

galapagos islands

Question 6

what were the five scientists that influenced Darwin while shaping his theories

Answer 6

hutton and lyell, malthus, lamarck, wallace

Question 7

who gave evidence to earth being older than what what was thought

Answer 7

hutton and lyell

Question 8

who predicted that the human population will grow faster than the space and supply needed to support

Answer 8

malthus

Question 9

who thought organisms evolved in their lifetime

Answer 9

lamarck

Question 10

who triggered darwin to publish his work bc he had the same idea?

Answer 10

wallace

Question 11

the theory of evolution says that those who _____ better survive

Answer 11

adapt

Question 12

what is variation

Answer 12

the slight differences of organisms in the same species that help them to survive

Question 13

what is survival of the fittest

Answer 13

those individuals that have variations that are advantages are most likely going to survive

Question 14

traits of those best suited to an _____ will increase in _____

Answer 14

environment

population

Question 15

what is the development of a new species over time

Answer 15

speciation

Question 16

what term means that the best adapted organisms survive and reproduce

Answer 16

natural selection

Question 17

what is an example of proof for evolution?

Answer 17

fossils, the oldest ones are the simplest

Question 18

embryology suggests…

Answer 18

vertebrate embryos are very similar which means that they all come from common ancestor

Question 19

what are vestigial features

Answer 19

structures that are not used/reduced in size

Question 20

what are homologous structures

Answer 20

similar structures that indicate a common ancestor

Question 21

geographic isolation

Answer 21

when two populations are separated and cannot interbreed, each becomes different, new species

Question 22

what is the % of a specific allele in a population

Answer 22

allelic frequency

Question 23

what is a population that the frequency of alleles remains the same over generations

Answer 23

genetic equilibrium

Question 24

all of the genes including different alleles that exist in a population

Answer 24

gene pool

Question 25

what are environmental factors that change genes as well as meiosis ad mitosis

Answer 25

mutation

Question 26

what is the number of times an allele occurs in the gene pool

Answer 26

relative frequency

Question 27

what is a random change in allele frequency that occurs in small populations

Answer 27

genetic drift

Question 28

what is genetic drift caused by

Answer 28

individuals entering or leaving a population

Question 29

what is the transport of genes by migration

Answer 29

gene flow

Question 30

what causes speciation to happen

Answer 30

geographic and reproductive isolation

Question 31

what are the two theories of speciation

Answer 31

polyploidy and gradualism

Question 32

what is the multiple of the normal set of chromosomes

Answer 32

polyploidy

Question 33

what is punctuated equilibrium

Answer 33

speciation occurs in rapid bursts

Question 34

what word means “things change over time?”

Answer 34

evolution