Function And Evolution

Question 1

What will influence who survives in order to breed

Answer 1

Phenotypic variation

Question 2

What does intraspecific mean

Answer 2

Members of the same species compete for limited resources

Question 3

What does interspecific mean

Answer 3

Members of different species compete for limited resources

Question 4

What does fecundity mean

Answer 4

The ability to produce a lot of offspring

Question 5

What is a lek

Answer 5

A type of territory held by males of certain species and you solely as a communal mating ground

Question 6

What does symbiosis mean

Answer 6

Interaction between two organisms of different species to their mutual benefit

Question 7

What is an example of symbiosis in nature

Answer 7

Clownfish and anemones

Question 8

What is epistasis?

Answer 8

A phenomenon whereby the expression of one gene depends upon the presence of other genes around it.

Question 9

What is a phenetic characteristic?

Answer 9

Classifying animals based on how they look

Question 10

What is an anapsid?

Answer 10

A reptile of a group characterised by the lack of temporal openings in the skull (just one hole)

Question 11

What is an example of an anapsid?

Answer 11

Turtle

Question 12

What is a diapsid?

Answer 12

An animal with two holes in each side of their skulls

Question 13

What are some examples of diapsids?

Answer 13

Crocodile, snake, parrot, lizard

Question 14

What is divergent evolution?

Answer 14

Evolution of different features from a common ancestor

Question 15

What is convergent evolution?

Answer 15

Evolution of similar features in unrelated species due to similar environmental pressures (e.g. hummingbird and sunbird)

Question 16

What is parsimony?

Answer 16

To use the least number of changes

Question 17

What is sensory exploitation?

Answer 17

Stimulating physiological, neurological and psychological biases previously evolved in a different context

Question 18

What is adaptive co-evolution?

Answer 18

Coordinated change between two or more elements of ecology/morphology/behaviour

Question 19

What is morphology?

Answer 19

size and shape

Question 20

What do apes breeding strategy correlate with?

Answer 20

The size of their reproductive organs (chimpanzee has bigger and polygynous. Gorilla is smaller and fewer matings)

Question 21

How has evolution changed behaviour of the tiger?

Answer 21

They have learnt to like water as they live int he rain forest and need the water in order to cool down

Question 22

what is sensory exploitation?

Answer 22

“Stimulating physiological, neurological and psychological biases previously evolved in a different context.”