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| Who is the father of evolution? |
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| Charles Darwin is the father of evolution for his expedition to the Galapagos on board the HMS Beagle |
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| Developing traits that allow an individual to survive and reproduce and survive in an environment |
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| give a classic example of adaptation |
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| What is the mechanism of natural Evolution |
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| Those that are better adapted to survive in an environment are more likely to survive and reproduce |
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| Anything to affect the likelihood of mating/ability to secure a mate |
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| Give an example of sexual selection |
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| How many species have been named by science? |
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| What is the estimate of the number of species on earth? |
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| The study of biological diversity of organisms and their evolution |
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| The naming and classification of life |
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| How many animal kingdoms were there originally? |
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| Who first invented the five animal kingdoms? |
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| A classification system used to name multicellular life. Gives each organism a binomial Latin name consisting of a genus and a species. |
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| Who invented the Linnean System? |
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| When was the Linnean system invented? |
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| A branch of systematics that reconstructs the evolutionary history of organisms. |
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| Name the diagrams used in cladistics. |
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| The study of factors that affect population |
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| What factors are population biologists interested in? |
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| Size, health, growth and distribution of populations |
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| What three factors determine population growth? |
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| Reproduction or birth rate (fertility), Death rate (mortality), Migration |
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| The addition of an organism to a population |
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| Loss of an organism from a population |
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| Population growth =ZPG when? |
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| when the (immigration/birth rate)= emigration/death rate) |
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| An important component in a population is the link between predator and... |
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| An important component in a population is the link between Prey and... |
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| T/F the link between predator and prey links one organism with the other? |
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