theory on evolution

Question 1

this theory states that the Earth has been shaped by sudden, often unpredicted, events that are short-lived but impactful. It proposes the idea that catastrophes are responsible for mass extinctions and other processes

Answer 1

Catastrophism by Georges Cuvier

Question 2

organisms alter their behavior in response to environmental change. Their changed behavior, in turn, modified their organs, and their offspring inherited those “improved” structures

Answer 2

Inheritance of Acquired Trait by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

Question 3

descent with modification,” the idea that species change over time, give rise to new species, and share a common ancestor

Answer 3

evolution as define by Charles Robert Darwin

Question 4

causes populations to become adapted, or increasingly well-suited, to their environments over time. Natural selection depends on the environment and requires existing heritable variation in a group

Answer 4

Theory of Evolution as means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin

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Father of Evolution

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Charles Robert Darwin

Question 6

Darwin boarded this ship to spend his 5 year voyage in his scientific study to explain evolution

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H.M.S Beagle (1831-1836)

Question 7

Four Basic Principles of Natural Selection

Answer 7

1. Variation
2. Heritability
3. Overpopulation/Overproduction
4. Reproductive Advantage

Question 8

refers to the degree of adaptation of an individual to its environment which is passed onto future generations

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fitness

Question 9

Mechanisms of Evolution

Answer 9

1. Natural Selection
2. Genetic Drift
3. Artificial Selection
4. Mutation
5. Migration
6. Recombination

Question 10

Random change in the frequency of gene. In each generation, some individuals may, just by chance, leave behind a few more descendants than other individuals

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genetic drift

Question 11

this mechanism usually predominates in large populations that results in evolution when individuals with higher survival and reproductive rates pass on these traits to their offspring

Answer 11

Natural Selection

Question 12

is a technique in which the intervention of humans allows only for selected organisms to breed and produce offspring

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Artificial Selection

Question 13

A change in the DNA of an organism, a random event and it may be beneficial or harmful

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mutation

Question 14

is the movement of populations, groups or individual species

Answer 14

migration

Question 15

the movement of genetic characteristics from one population to another

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gene flow

Question 16

Exchange of segments between DNA molecules or chromosomes

Answer 16

recombination