Unit 4 Vocabulary Test

A change in allele frequency following a dramatic reduction in the size of a population.

• allele frequency

• bottleneck effect

• founder effect

• genetic drift

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

The movement of genes into or out of a population.

• artificial selection

• gene flow

• gene pool

• natural selection

Body parts that share a common function, but not an evolutionary history.

• analagous structure

• fossil

• homologous structure

• vestigial structure

Preserved remains of, or traces of, ancient organisms.

• analagous structure

• fossil

• homologous structure

• vestigial structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Change over time; the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms.

• adaptation

• evolution

• genetic equilibrium

• speciation

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

NGSS.HS-LS4-1

Form of reproductive isolation in which two populations are separated by geographic barriers such as rivers, mountains, or bodies of water, leading to the formation of two separate subspecies.

• behavioral isolation

• geographic isolation

• reproductive isolation

• temporal isolation

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Separation of a species or population so that they no longer interbreed and evolve into separate species.

• behavioral isolation

• geographic isolation

• reproductive isolation

• temporal isolation

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NGSS.HS-LS4-4

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Heritable characteristics that increase an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in an environment.

• adaptation

• evolution

• genetic equilibrium

• speciation

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NGSS.HS-LS4-4

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Structures that are similar in different species of common ancestors.

• analagous structure

• fossil

• homologous structure

• vestigial structure

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Change in allele frequencies as a result of the migration of a small subgroup of a population.

• allele frequency

• bottleneck effect

• founder effect

• genetic drift