Evol Vocab Quiz

Reproduction that requires only one parent and genetic variations can only occur through mutations.

• Sexual Reproduction

• Descent with Modification

• Asexual Reproduction

• Embryology

Darwin’s idea that species change over time, and give rise to new species from a shared common ancestor.

• Evolution

• Descent with Modification

• Speciation

• Adaptive Radiation

Structures that serve identical purposes & look like, but are not from a common ancestor.

• Embryology

• Phylogeny

• Analogous Structures

• Homologous Structures

The process by which humans change a species by breeding it for certain desired traits.

• Sexual Selection

• Artificial Selection

• Speciation

• Convergent Evolution

The study of the structures of organisms.

• Anatomy
• Phylogeny

• Embryology

• Paleontology

The combination of all the genes (including alleles) present in a reproducing population or species.

• Gene pool
• Genetic Variation

• Gene Flow

• Genetic Drift

The elimination of a species that often occurs when a species cannot adapt to a change in its environment.

• Genetic Drift

• Speciaton

• Extinction

• Vestigial Structures

Another name for adaptive radiation.

• Paleontology

• Adaptation

• Divergent Evolution

• Convergent Evolution

A type of extinction that usually occurs at a slow rate.

• Moderate Extinction

• Gradual Extinction

• Vestigial Structures

• Fitness

Random change in allele frequency in a small population.

• Genetic drift
• Natural Selection

• Gradual Extinction

• Gene Pool