Module 20

Question 1

Adaptation

Answer 1

Adjustments or changes in behavior and structure of organisms to become more suited to their environment

Question 2

Genetic drift

Answer 2

Change in gene pool as a result of random chance

Question 3

Artificial selection

Answer 3

Mating between two individuals who were selected based on desired traits

Question 4

Micro evolution

Answer 4

Type or frequency of the alleles and genotypes in a population change over one to many generations over time

Question 5

Evolution

Answer 5

Explains how and why changes occur in population or groups over generations over time

Question 6

Natural selection

Answer 6

Nature impacts the evolution of a population

Question 7

Fitness

Answer 7

Measure success in organisms. Reproduce and pass on the traits

Question 8

Sexual selection

Answer 8

Natural selection arising by one sex for certain characters in individuals of other sex

Question 9

Gene flow

Answer 9

The result of fertile members of a species moving in or out of a population