Evolution Test Flashcards

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What are the five types of evidence for common ancestry

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Fossil record 
Embryology 
Comparative anatomy 
Genetics
Vestigial  Oregon
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What is evolution

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The process in which inherited characteristics within a population change over generations

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What does fossil record help with the understanding of evolution

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Shows how organisms have changed over time

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➖shows the different animals at an early stage in life

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Embryology

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How does comparative anatomy help the idea of evolution

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It’s studies the bones of animals and compares them to see if there’s any similarities and to see if they have a recent relative

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Genetics helps with the idea of evolution because

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It shows the similarities between the animals DNA and if they have recent ancestors

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Vestigial structures help with the idea of evolution because

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It shows the bones and organs that are not needed and they compare them with the animals that do use them and see it they had an ancestor that is alike and the animal now doesn’t use because it adapted to its environment

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What is adaption

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A characteristic that increases in individuals ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment

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How does adaption help in organism survive in its environment

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Adaption helps because they have a certain characteristic that is needed for that specific environment and that they adapted from it and so it helps them survive better

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What is speciation

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The formation of new species as a result of evolution

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What are the factors I can lead to speciation

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Separation, adoption, reproductive isolation

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Who is Charles Darwin

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A man who figured out how evolution works and it proved natural selection to be true

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Darwin knew that organisms inherit characteristics, but what did he not know about it?

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How they could inherit the traits

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What is natural selection

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organisms that are able to adapt to their environment will be able to reproduce and pass on their traits to their offspring to their offspring then organisms cannot adapt to their environment

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The four parts of natural selection are

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Overproduction, inherited variation, struggle to survive, successful reproduction

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What are the factors that can cause an organism to go extinct

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Increased competition, new predators, loss of habitat

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What does a branching diagram show

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The relationships between animals