Unit 2: Classification and Evolution Flashcards

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Why do we classify? (2)

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  • for the purpose of identification
  • to show relatedness
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What does it mean when organisms are grouped closely?

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it implies common ancestry

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Common Ancestry

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organisms are closely related

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What does is mean when organisms are not grouped closely? (2)

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  • organisms are not as closely related
  • implies a distant common ancestor
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Levels of taxa

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an 8 level system used for classifying organisms

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What is the most inclusive taxon?

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domain

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How many levels of taxa are there?

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8

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What are the levels of taxa? (8)

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  • domain
  • kingdom
  • phylum
  • class
  • order
  • family
  • genus
  • species
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Which taxon is the most inclusive?

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domain

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What are the kingdoms organisms are split into? (6)

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  • plantae
  • animalia
  • fungi
  • protoctistae
  • archaebacteria
  • eubacteria
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prokaryotes (2)

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  • no nucleus
  • no compartmentalization
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eukaryotes (2)

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  • nucleus
  • compartmentalization
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What are the domains? (3)

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  • archaebacteria
  • eubacteria
  • eukarya
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How many domains are there?

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3

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What is an example of archaebacteria?

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bacteria in salt lakes

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What is an example of eubacteria?

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e. coli

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What is unique about the plant kingdom?

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all members of the plant kingdom will share fundamental characteristics not shared by other kingdoms

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What happens when getting more specific in taxa? What is an example? (2)

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  • characteristics of the more general taxa must be shared
  • example: if 2 plants were divided at the family level, they must share characteristics of the class, phylum, and kingdom to which they belong
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What is the classification of the peregrine falcon? (8)

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Domain - Eukaryote
Kingdom - Animalia
Phylum - Chordata
Class - Aves
Order - Falconiformes
Family - Falconidae
Genus - Falco
Species - peregrinus

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What is the classification of the white oak? (8)

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Domain - Eukaryote
Kingdom - Plantae
Phylum - Spermatophyta
Class - Angiospermae
Order - Dicotyledae
Family - Fagaceae
Genus - Quercus
Species - alba

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21
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How do you format the scientific name of an organism? (4)

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  • refer to the genus and species
  • italicize them
  • genus is capitalized
  • first letter of the genus is abbreviated
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What is an example of a scientific name?

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E. coli

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23
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How many plant classes are there?

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4

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What are the 4 plant classes?

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  • bryophyte
  • filicinophyte
  • coniferophyte
  • angiosperm
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What are the characteristics of bryophytes? (6)

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  • no vascular system
  • no differentiated tissue
  • small
  • no seeds
  • either male or female
  • requires water for reproduction
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What is an example of a bryophyte?

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moss

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What are characteristics of filicinophytes? (4)

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  • vascular tissue
  • no seeds
  • sporophyte
  • water for reproduction
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What is an example of a filicinophyte?

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ferns

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What are characteristics of coniferophytes? (6)

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  • extensive vascular tissue
  • most have cones with seeds
  • no flowers or fruit
  • needles instead of leaves
  • sporophyte
  • wind for reproduction
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What is an example of a coniferophyte?

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pine cones

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What are characteristics of angiosperms? (5)

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  • extensive vascular tissue
  • seeds
  • flowers and/or fruit
  • lots of variation
  • relies on pollinators for reproduction
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What type of group does evolution effect?

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populations

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What must happen for evolution to occur?

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genetic change

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How does genetic change in a population happen? (3)

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  • meiosis
  • sexual recombination
  • mutations
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35
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What is an example of evidence of evolution?

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wolves evolving to different dog breeds

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36
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How does the evolution from wolves to dogs happen?

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selective breeding

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37
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What is another name for selective breeding?

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artificial selection

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38
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What is an example of a homologous structure?

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pentadactyl limb

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Pentadactyl Limb (2)

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  • the forelimbs of mammals share the same skeletal elements because they diverged from a common ancestor
  • similar structures have different functions
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Homologous Structure

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show similarity in characteristics as a result of descent from a common ancestor

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Vestigial Structure

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structures that also exhibit common ancestry as remnants of formerly functional structures that are no longer used

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Fossil

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the preserved remains of any organism from the past

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43
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What are the limitations of fossils? (2)

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  • the only thing preserved of fossil is bone, no tissue
  • there are not records for everything
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What are fossils useful for?

A

understanding transitional forms

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Transitional Forms

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those that link one group to another such as fish to amphibs

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46
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What is an example of a transitional form? (2)

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  • acanthostega
  • marine animal that had similarities to fish, amphibs, and reptiles
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What happens to species when they are geologically separated? (4)

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  • originally they can breed
  • evolution causes change in a population
  • DNA will begin to differ as they develop more genetic changes
  • they will become unable to interbreed even though they have similar DNA
48
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Ring Species

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adjacent population may interbreed, further ones may not

49
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What is an example of a ring species?

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west coast salamanders

50
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When can the environment direct evolution in a population?

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by favoring certain characteristics upon environmental change

51
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What is an example of industrial melanism? (2)

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  • moths in Great Britain
  • increased industrialization caused for there to be more black moths
52
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How does natural selection apply to the industrial melanism example?

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natural selection pushed survival of specific forms even though the variation was always present

53
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How many steps are there to natural selection?

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5

54
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What are the steps of natural selection? (5)

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  1. Variety must exist or else natural selection does not work
  2. Organisms have unequal rates of reproduction success
  3. Organisms have differing likelihoods of survival/competition
  4. Reproduction
  5. Favorable characteristics build up allowing for the population to display certain traits
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fitness

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likelihood of an organism’s survival to reproduce

56
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high fitness

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more offspring can be produced

57
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low fitness

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fewer offspring can be produced

58
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competition

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shows whether or not a form is favorable or not

59
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How do birds display competition? (2)

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  • health
  • abundance of color
60
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Heredity

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genes that are passed on from parent to child

61
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What is favorability based on? (2)

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  • the environment
  • if the environment changes the organism either adapts or dies
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Evolution (2)

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  • the result of the accumulation of new alleles in a certain population of one species
  • changes in allele frequencies
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Macroevolution

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large changes in population (possible new species)

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Microevolution

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change within a species

65
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How is variety generated?

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through evolution’s randomness

66
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How is evolution directed?

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by organisms’ choice in mates

67
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How can bacteria become resistant antibiotics? (2)

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  • using something that kills 99.9% of bacteria allows the harder ones to kill to survive
  • the next generation will be more tolerant to antibiotics
68
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How is natural selection involved in some bacterias’ resistance to antibiotics?

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the fittest ones live to survive and stronger bacteria reproduce

69
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What is an example of a bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics?

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staphylocuccus aureus

70
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What organism is an example of evolution in action? (2)

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  • Caribbean Anoles
  • their varying leg lengths allow them to be better adapted to their habitats
71
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What is unique about anoles from specific islands?

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there are similar varieties, but the ones on each island are more closely related than a similar lizard from another island

72
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Convergent Evolution

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natural selection based on similar environmental pressures

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Phenotype Plasticity

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development based on environment

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Adaptive Radiation

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the rapid evolutionary diversification of a single ancestral line

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Allele

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version of a gene where the organism has two copies of each

76
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How can genotype frequency be determined?

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by measuring phenotype frequency

77
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What does genotype frequency allow us to do?

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measure the changes in allele frequencies in a given gene pool

78
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What happens from one generation to the next in evolution?

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the introduction of new gene frequencies which sometimes results in a new species

79
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What do strong natural selection pressures lead to?

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evolution in less time

80
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What is the process of adaptive radiation? (3)

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  • individuals begin to exploit unique niches in new area
  • variety leads to fitter individuals in those conditions
  • overtime unique adaptations to these specific environments can be supported by natural selection and lead to speciation
81
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What is an example of adaptive radiation? (4)

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  • Galapagos Islands finches
  • finches had a common ancestor that flew to the islands
  • finches broke off from each other and gained traits specific to their habitat
  • resulted in 15 different species
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What leads to speciation? (3)

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  • adaptions to different conditions as a result of natural selection and the accumulation of genes
  • isolation
  • reducing gene flow
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Stabilizing Selection (2)

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  • reduces variety and bring about similarity in organisms due to strong selection pressures
  • no introduction of new species
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What is an example of stabilizing selection? (2)

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  • human birth weight
  • average wights are easier for both baby and mother
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Directional Selection (2)

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  • takes an extreme phenotype of a population and causes it to be favored over other varieties
  • no introduction of a new species
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What is an example of directional selection? (2)

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  • giraffe neck length
  • longer neck allows for better access to food, so they can compete
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Disruptive Selection (2)

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  • occurs when several extreme phenotypes are favored, and the population becomes divided into distinct groups
  • introduces new species
88
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What is an example of disruptive selection? (2)

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  • finch beak size
  • they are split into groups because of isolation allowing for rise of different types of beaks
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Allopatric Speciation

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individuals become geographically isolated and no longer interact with each other

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What are examples of allopatric speciation? (2)

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  • oceans
  • volcanic eruption
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Sympatric Isolation (2)

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  • organisms choose not to mate despite being in the same area
  • behavioral
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How can sympatric isolation be responsible for the introduction of a new species?

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reproduction ensures they cannot mate with each other

93
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What is an example of sympatric isolation?

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if a bird does not do the right mating dance then mating will not occur

94
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What happens when alleles are isolated?

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less gene flow

95
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What are ways that gene flow can be reduced? (4)

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  • physical separation
  • behavioral separation
  • mutations
  • new traits
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Temporal Isolation

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if one cannot mate due to timing and availability

97
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What is an example of temporal isolation?

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  • pandas
  • female pandas are only fertile 1-2 days a year and are not always around males
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Gametic Isolation

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when hybrids are sterile

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What is an example of gametic isolation?

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a mule is sterile

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Mechanical Isolation

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when mating is physically impossible

101
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What is an example of mechanical isolation?

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  • chihuahua and saint bernard
  • size difference
102
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Polyploidy

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an uncommon case of speciation that occurs when can organism has extra chromosomes

103
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When is polyploidy common? (2)

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  • in plants which allows for variation
  • crossing between different plants will sometimes result in the offspring having different number of chromosomes
104
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Why is polyploidy useful in plants?

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is results in new varieties

105
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What are the terms used to describe the pace of evolution? (2)

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  • gradualism
  • punctuated equilibrium
106
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Gradualism

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theory that changes in allele frequencies remain slow and constant over time

107
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Punctuated Equilibrium

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theorizes that long periods of time pass without speciation events, followed by rapid spurts of evolution, usually caused by some natural disaster or climate change

108
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What do both terms for the pace of evolution describe? (2)

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  • microevolution
  • macroevolution
109
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Cladistics

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a field that creates history by showing patterns of lineage from an ancestor

110
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How are organisms classified in cladistics? (2)

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  • based on their evolutionary relationships as determined by molecular and genetic similarity
  • done using cytochromes
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Clade (2)

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  • a group of organisms that evolve from a common ancestor
  • share inherited characteristics
112
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What diagrams does cladistics use? (2)

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  • cladograms
  • tree diagrams
113
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What is a cladogram composed of? (2)

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  • clades that begin at a point/node
  • organisms that share a common ancestor
114
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What does the branch length of a cladogram denote and why? (2)

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  • amount of time passed
  • due to the fact that mutations arise at a relatively constant rate
115
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How must organisms be grouped?

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based on common ancestry

116
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Analogous Characteristics (2)

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  • similar function, different structure
  • happens because of convergent evolution
117
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What is an example of analogous characteristics? (2)

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  • birds and bees
  • they both have wings, but it does not mean they are closely related since the wings have different structures