NEW
Font size
WorksheetsBio. Test Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Punctuated equilibrium:
Rapid evolutionary change
Slow change in allele frequencies over long periods of time
Evolution that results in the formation of homologous structures
Sudden elimination of a species due to a catastrophic event
Gradualism:
When two organisms, such as a predator and prey, evolve in response to one another
Evolution that results in the formation of analogous structures
Slow change in allele frequencies over long periods of time
When allelic frequencies are stable and unchanging, therefore evolution is not occurring
Coevolution:
A physical trait that increases an organism's ability to survive in its environment
Principle of natural selection that explains how beneficial traits should become more common over time, causing a change in allelic frequencies
When two organisms, such as a predator and prey, evolve in response to one another
All of the genes available in a population
Descent with Modification
A physical trait that increases an organism's ability to survive in its environment
When traits that favor reproduction, even though they may decrease an organisms ability to survive, become more common over time
Principle of natural selection that explains how harmful traits should become more common over time, causing a change in allelic frequencies
Principle of natural selection that explains how beneficial traits should become more common over time, causing a change in allelic frequencies
Adaptation:
A physical trait that increases an organism's ability to survive in its environment
When allelic frequencies are stable and unchanging, therefore evolution is not occurring
When traits that favor reproduction, even though they may decrease an organisms ability to survive, become more common over time
All of the genes available in a population
Natural Selection:
Biological change over time that causes descendants to be different from their ancestors
Organisms with traits that make them better adapted to their environment will live longer and reproduce more than organisms less adapted to the environment
When isolation, such as geographically, causes two populations of organisms to become so different that they can no longer reproduce with each other and create viable offspring
Study of body structures to provide evidence of evolution
Convergent evolution:
When isolation, such as geographically, causes two populations of organisms to become so different that they can no longer reproduce with each other and create viable offspring
Evolution that results in the formation of homologous structures
Slow elimination of species caused by small environmental changes over extended periods of time
Evolution that results in the formation of analogous structures
Divergent evolution:
Evolution that results in the formation of analogous structures
When traits that favor reproduction, even though they may decrease an organisms ability to survive, become more common over time
Evolution that results in the formation of homologous structures
Biological change over time that causes descendants to be different from their ancestors
Mass extinction:
Flightless birds, like the ostrich, are an example of this
Sudden elimination of a species due to a catastrophic event
Slow elimination of species caused by small environmental changes over extended periods of time
When an individual dies
Gradual extinction:
Slow elimination of species caused by small environmental changes over extended periods of time
Extinction that results in the formation of analogous structures
Sudden elimination of a species due to a catastrophic event
saturday.
Speciation:
Study of body structures to provide evidence of evolution
Principle of natural selection that explains how beneficial traits should spread & become more common over time, causing a change in allelic frequencies
When two organisms, such as a predator and prey, speciate in response to one another
When isolation, such as geographically, causes two populations of organisms to become so different that they can no longer reproduce with each other and create viable offspring
Vestigial structures:
The wings of flightless birds, like the ostrich, are an example of this
Body structures that are similar in orientation, but completely different in function due to organisms living in different environments
Similar body structures, such as fins, due to organisms living in the same environment, not same ancestry
saturday.
Analogous structures:
The wings of flightless birds, like the ostrich, are an example of this
Body structures that are similar in orientation, but completely different in function due to organisms living in different environments
Similar body structures, such as fins, due to organisms living in the same environment, not same ancestry
jack.
Homologous structures:
Body structures that are different in orientation, but completely the same in function due to organisms living in different environments
The wings of flightless birds, like the ostrich, are an example of this
Similar body structures, such as fins, due to organisms living in the same environment, not same ancestry
Body structures that are similar in orientation, but completely different in function due to organisms living in different environments
Biogeography:
Study of body structures to provide evidence of evolution
Study of nucleic acids and proteins to show evolutionary relationships
Study of the physical distribution of plants and animals
The study of prehistoric life that allows scientists to make connections between current and extinct species
Anatomy
Study of nucleic acids and proteins to show evolutionary relationships
Study of body structures to provide evidence of evolution
Study of embryological development in vertebrates that has led to support the theory of common ancestry among vertebrates
Remnants of organisms such as imprints, bones, and feces
Biochemistry:
Study of the mental distribution of plants and animals
Study of body structures to provide evidence of evolution
The study of prehistoric life that allows scientists to make connections between current and extinct species
Study of nucleic acids and proteins to show evolutionary relationships
Paleontology:
Study of nucleic acids and proteins to show evolutionary relationships
The study of prehistoric life that allows scientists to make connections between current and extinct species
Study of embryological development in vertebrates that has led to support the theory of common ancestry among vertebrates
saturday,
Embryology:
Study of nucleic acids and proteins to show evolutionary relationships
The study of prehistoric life that allows scientists to make connections between current and extinct species
Study of embryological development in vertebrates that has led to support the theory of common ancestry among vertebrates
jack.
Fossil:
Study of the mental distribution of plants and animals
Remnants of organisms such as imprints, bones, and feces
The study of prehistoric life that allows scientists to make connections between current and extinct species
Study of nucleic acids and proteins to show evolutionary relationships
