Evolution 4-8 Review

This is a change in the inherited characteristics of populations from one generation to the next.

• Variation

• Extinction

• Evolution

• Mutation

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What is a TRAIT?

• A specific characteristic that varies from one individual to another.

• A specific piece of code in your DNA.

• A characteristic that allows an individual to better survive and reproduce.

• Something that can only be passed on through hard work and perseverence.

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Match the following example to the vocabulary term

• Allele

• 
• FF, Ff, or ff

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• A specific piece of DNA

• Phenotype

• Punnett Square

• Gene

• Brown or blue eyes

• Genotype

The change in the DNA or a gene that may lead to a different trait is called​ (a)   ​

• Mutation
• Allele
• Phenotype
• Genotype
• Natural selection

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A group of individuals that actually or potentially interbreed in nature.

• Variation

• Species

• Group

• Fossil

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Based on the image, label the genotypes of both parents and the probable genotype of their offspring.

c

a

b

Heterozygous Dominant

Homozygous Recessive

Homozygous Dominant

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Speciation

• The process by which something special happens

• The process by which a sandwich is made

• The process by which a species goes extinct

• The process by which a new species forms

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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Mutation

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(b) Species

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(c) Evolutionary Scientists

• Jean Baptist Lamarck

• Charles Darwin

• A long beak born from short beaked parents

• Galapagos Iguanas

• Hemoglobin HH, Hh, and hh found in areas with malaria outbreaks

• Albatross

• Darwin's Finches

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An earlier type of animal or plant from which others have evolved.

• Grandpa

• Fossil

• Ancestor

• Offspring

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Ancestral species is mostly commonly known as

• common ancestor
• unrelated species
• parent species
• descendant species

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