F24 Skills Flashcard #17 Evolution

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What does the prefix 'An-' mean?

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Not, without, lacking.

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What is the process of forming a new species from pre-existing species called?

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Speciation.

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What is the principle that describes how some organisms survive and reproduce better than others?

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Natural Selection.

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What term describes a measure of how well an organism can survive in its environment?

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Fitness.

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Which organism is known to be the only one without jaws?

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Hagfish.

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What is the term for the genetic makeup of a population?

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Gene Pool.

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What is the term for the evolutionary process where organisms with different ancestors develop similar traits?

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Convergent Evolution.

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What do we call the evolutionary process where a single ancestor species rapidly diversifies into a variety of forms?

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Adaptive Radiation.

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What is the term for structures that have lost their original function through evolution?

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Vestigial Structures.

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What is the term for random changes in allele frequencies in a population?

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Genetic Drift.