Unit 7 Vocab Quiz!

Question 1

taxonomy

Answer 1

system of naming and classifying organisms based on shared characteristics and universal rules

Question 2

senetic drift

Answer 2

random changes in allele frequencies caused by a series of chance occurrences

Question 3

plate tectonics

Answer 3

geological processes resulting from plate movement

Question 4

evolution

Answer 4

change overtime; process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms

Question 5

natural selection

Answer 5

organisms that are best suited to the environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called the survival of the fittest

Question 6

bottleneck effect

Answer 6

a change in allele frequencies following a dramatic reduction in the size of the population

Question 7

speciation

Answer 7

formation of new species

Question 8

artificial selective

Answer 8

the selective breeding of plants and animals to promote the occurrence of desirable traits in the offspring