Evolution Unit Test Review

Question 0

define extinction

Answer 0

species that have died out and has no living members

Question 1

what are the 4 types of species formation

Answer 1

1) geographic isolation
2) reproductive isolation
3) behavioral isolation
4) temporal isolation

Question 2

list the 4 patterns of evolution

Answer 2

1) divergent evolution
2) convergent evolution
3) parallel evolution
4) coevolution

Question 3

natural selection is also referred to as what?

Answer 3

survival of the fittest

Question 4

what scientist identified the process of Natural Selection

Answer 4

Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace

Question 5

explain the process of Natural Selection

Answer 5

suggest that individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce

Question 6

describe the process of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics

Answer 6

claimed that by the selective use or disuse of organs, an organism acquired or lost certain traits during their life, then the traits can be passed on their offspring

Question 7

who is responsible for developing the idea of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics

Answer 7

Jean-baptiste Lamark

Question 8

define gene pool

Answer 8

all the genes, including all the different alleles for each gene, that are present in a population at anyone time

Question 9

define evolution

Answer 9

change over time; the process by which modern organisms have decended from ancient organisms

Question 10

define species

Answer 10

a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.

Question 11

list the 4 types of Natural Selection

Answer 11

1) directional
2) stabilizing
3) distruptive
4) sexual

Question 12

define stabilizing

Answer 12

wen the middle/moderate form of an organism out competes the two extremes

Question 13

define distruptive

Answer 13

hi

Question 14

why do scientist believe that the first life on earth was in water

Answer 14

poisonous gases found in the atmosphere