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WorksheetsEvolution Vocab Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
a random error in gene replication that leads to a change
Variation
Mutation
Extinction
Adaptation
The formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution.
Variation
Coevolution
Speciation
Extinction
Any difference between individuals of the same species.
Variation
Diversity
Extinction
Mutation
DNA segments that code for certain traits
Fitness
Diversity
Genes
Genotype
The gradual change in a species over time
Variation
Evolution
Coevolution
Extinction
A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area
Species
Genes
Fossil Record
Population
A characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.
Theory
Adaptation
Evolution
Natural Selection
Principle that all living things have a common ancestor
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Common Descent
Speciation
Fossils
How well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment
Fitness
Genotype
Natural Selection
Directional Selection
What is natural selection?
A process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits.
When human get to decide that characteristics will survive in a population. ex. domestic dog
how well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment
Any difference between individuals of the same species.
What is a genotype?
genetic make up of an organism
the physical expression of the genes (outward appearance)
a type of jeans
the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution
What is a phenotype?
the genetic make up on an organism
the physical expression of the genes (outward appearance)
a type of evolution
the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution
What is the fossil record?
information about past life found in fossils, including the structure of organisms, what they ate, what ate them, in what environment they lived, and the order in which they lived
organs that serve no useful purpose for the organism; these suggest that sometime in the past they were useful
principle that all living things have a common ancestor
Body parts that share a common function, but not structure
What is an organism in the earliest stage of development?
Embryo
Baby
Tadpole
Squigglie
Body parts that are similar in structure on different organism but performs different functions
Homologous Structures
Analogous Structures
Vestigial Organs
Samesies Structures
What is a gene pool?
Any difference between individuals of the same species.
the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution.
Combined genetic information of all the members of a particular population
Diagram that shows the evolutionary relationships among a group of organisms
What is directional selection?
Form of natural selection in which the entire curve moves; favors one extreme
Form of natural selection in which the curve splits in the middle; favors both extremes
form of natural selection by which the center of the curve remains in its current position; favors the middle trait
A pop band from the UK
What is disruptive selection?
Form of natural selection in which the entire curve moves; favors one extreme
Form of natural selection in which the curve splits in the middle; favors both extremes
form of natural selection by which the center of the curve remains in its current position; favors the middle trait
A very rude type of selection
What is stabilizing selection?
Form of natural selection in which the entire curve moves; favors one extreme
Form of natural selection in which the curve splits in the middle; favors both extremes
form of natural selection by which the center of the curve remains in its current position; favors the middle trait
A type of selection with a good job
Organs that serve no useful purpose for the organism; these suggest that sometime in the past they were useful
Homologous Structures
Vestigial Organs
Analogous Structures
Cladograms
