Evolution Quiz Flashcards

1
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speciation in a population of animals is believed to occur extremely rarely

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Sympatric

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2
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One of the assumptions of the Hardy-Weinberg theorem is that

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Mating within the population is random

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3
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Before publication of On the ORIGIN of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Darwin published a short summary of his theory alongside a paper written by ______________, who had independently arrived at many of the same conclusions.

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Alfred Wallace

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4
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According to Charles Darwin, organic evolution is “descent with modification,” which simply means

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Populations change over time

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5
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The idea of evolution did not originate with Charles Darwin. For example, the Greek philosophers __________ believed that living organisms change over long period of time.

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Empedocles and Aristotle

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6
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The eighteenth century comparative anatomist, __________, became convinced that change had occurred during the history of life on earth, but he thought that organisms degenerated from their previous state.

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Buffon

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7
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grandfather of Charles Darwin, believed in the common origin of all animals.

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Erasmus Darwin

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8
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Jean Lamarck proposed a theory of evolution involving

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Inheritance of acquired characteristics

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9
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A group of individuals of the same species that occupy a given area at the same time and share a common set of genes is the definition of a/an

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Population

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10
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The study of the genetic events that occur in a gene pool is

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Population genetics

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11
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Parapatric speciation may occur among small, local populations called

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Demes

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12
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Geographic isolation can lead to speciation, and when it does, the speciation is called

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Allopatric

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