Lecture 14

Question 1

Adaptive

Answer 1

Having the ability or tendency to adapt to different situations

Question 2

Radiation

Answer 2

energy that comes from a source and travels through space at the speed of light

Question 3

Ecological niche

Answer 3

The specific place a species holds in its biotic and abiotic environment (ex: the physical space where it feeds/reproduces etc, the role it plays in the food chain of its community, and its interactions with other organisms)
*no 2 species can hold exactly the same niche in the same environment, one outcompetes the other

Question 4

Convergent evolution

Answer 4

occurs when organisms that aren’t closely related evolve similar features or behaviours, often as solutions to the same problems

Question 5

Mimicry

Answer 5

phenomenon characterized by the superficial resemblance of two or more organisms that are not closely related taxonomically

Question 6

Parallel evolution

Answer 6

a process in which two distinct species develop similar traits independently while living in the same habitat due to similar environmental pressures

Question 7

Founder effect

Answer 7

the reduction in genomic variability that occurs when a small group of individuals becomes separated from a larger population

Question 8

Founder mutation

Answer 8

A genetic alteration observed with high frequency in a group that is or was geographically or culturally isolated, in which one or more of the ancestors was a carrier of the altered gene