Final Exam

Question 1

Evolution

Answer 1

change over time that explains how things evolved, why some species survived, and how animals changed or stayed the same

Question 2

Aristotle Scala Naturala

Question 3

Natural Theology

Answer 3

God created perfect animals for 1 purpose and they never evolved. This idea was created by Aristotle

Question 4

Carl Linneous

Answer 4

made binomial nomenclature and believed in natural theology

Question 5

Homologous Traits

Answer 5

traits that are similar due to shared ancestry

Question 6

Analogous Traits

Answer 6

common traits found, but with a different function

Question 7

Natural Selection

Answer 7

the process by nature in which organisms adapt to better suit their environment

Question 8

Convergent Evolution

Answer 8

2 organisms that lack a common ancestor adapt similar traits

Question 9

Divergent Evolution

Answer 9

when a population of animals split into 2 groups due to a geographical barrier

Question 10

Genetic Variation

Answer 10

mutations are the source of genetic variation

Question 11

Gene Pool

Answer 11

All of the alleles in a population

Question 12

Non Random Mating

Answer 12

when organisms are specifically mating with others due to their phenotype, this can cause inbreeding

Question 13

Bottleneck Effect

Answer 13

when a species goes through an event that drastically causes their population to decline, this can cause inbreeding

Question 14

Founder Effect

Answer 14

when a species leaves to form a new one in a different place, can cause inbreeding

Question 15

Gene Flow

Answer 15

individuals and the genes they care move to a different population

Question 16

How is gene flow different from founder effect?

Answer 16

gene flow happens when there is a change in alleles in a population where founder effect there is no change, they are simply moving

Question 17

Genetic Drift

Answer 17

change in frequency of an existing gene variant in a population due to random chance