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| The "Father of Evolution" |
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| Charles Darwin traveled on which ship? |
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| What island did Darwin visit that added to his research on Evolution? |
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| What bird did Darwin research on the Galapagos Islands? |
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| How many different species of finches did Darwin observer? |
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| What trait varied in the finches on the Galapagos Islands? What advantage did it supply them? |
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| Different beak shapes allowed them to eat different foods thus less competition for food. |
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| Becoming better suited to an environment by accumulating beneficial traits is called? |
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| Changes in organisms over long periods of time. |
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| Biological evolution or evolution |
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| List the two types of evolution. |
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| Microevolution and macroevolution |
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| A type of evolution that occurs on a small scale affecting a single popultaion. |
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| Large scale evolution that affects larger groups with brancing out of new species. |
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| Five sources of microevolution: |
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mutations
natural selection
gene flow
genetic drift
nonrandom mating |
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| Movement of alleles between populations. |
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| Changes in frequency of alleles between different populations. |
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| Four principles of Natural Selection |
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Overproduction of offspring
Variation
Adaptation
Decent of Modification |
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| Differences within a trait. |
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| A characteristic that allows survive. |
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| Generations that have traits that have been modified. |
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| Descent with Modification |
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| List four pieces of evidence that supports evolution. |
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Fossil record
Geographic Distribution
Homologous Structures
Similarities in early development |
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| Shows how living things have changed on Earth. |
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| Shows similarities in spcies living on different continents. |
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| Geographic Distribution of Living Species |
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| Structures that are similar in different organisms. |
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| Combination of genetic information of all the members of a population. |
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| Two sources of variation within the gene pool are: |
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| mutations and gene shuffling |
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| Five facts needed for allele frequency to remain constant. |
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random mating
large population
no movement out in or out of population
no mutations
no natural selection |
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| A branching diagram that shows relationships between different species. |
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