AP Biology Evolution Vocabulary Quiz
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- Q1A process in which organisms with certain inherited traits are more likely to survive and reproduce than are organisms without those traits.fitnessnatural selectionartificial selectionadaptation20s
- Q2The evolution of similar features in independent evolutionary lineages.Divergent evolutionAnalogous StructuresConvergent evolutionHomologous Structures20s
- Q3A permanent, heritable change in the nucleotide sequence in a gene or a chromosome; the process in which such a change occurs in a gene or in a chromosomeFertilizationGenetic DriftMutationAdaptation20s
- Q4A principle stating that both allele and genotype frequencies in a randomly-mating population remain constant - and remain in this equilibrium across generations -- unless a disturbing influence is introduced.Survival of the FitestsHardy-Weinberg PrincipleEvolution theoryOrigin of Species20s
- Q5Genetic drift resulting from the reduction of a population, typically by a natural disaster, such that the surviving population is no longer genetically representative of the original population.Bottleneck EffectGene FlowFounder EffectGene pool20s
- Q6individual reproductive success and is equal to the average contribution to the gene pool of the next generation that is made by individuals of the specified genotype or phenotype.Natural SelectionAdaptive RadiationRelative FitnessGenetic Drift20s
- Q7The process of natural selection involving the genome for a species directionally choosing certain genes to remain prominent in the species, such as a growth in size in response to predationStabilizing SelectionsDirectional selectionSexual SelectionDivergent Selection20s
- Q8This type of selection favors both the extremes at the expense of the average.Directional SelectionDisruptive SelectionStabilizing SelectionSexual Selection20s
- Q9A form of natural selection in which, according to Darwin's theory, the male or female is attracted by certain characteristics, form, color, behavior, etc., in the opposite sex; thus modifications of a special nature are brought about in the species.Divergent selectionStabilizing SelectionDirectional selectionSexual Selection20s
- Q10the case in which the heterozygote genotype has a higher relative fitness than either the homozygote dominant or homozygote recessive genotype.Homozygous advantageHeterozygote advantageHeterozygote disadvantageCarrier advantage20s
- Q11The process in which new genetically distinct species evolve usually as a result of genetic isolation from the main population.Postzygotic barrierPrezygotic barrierSpeciationConvergent Evolution20s
- Q12gene Flow is prevented between two populations of the same species. Reproductive isolating mechanisms are factors like different mating seasons or callsBehavior IsolationReproductive IsolationGametic IsolationAllopatric Speciaton20s
- Q13A reproductive barrier that impedes mating between species or hinders fertilization of ova if interspecific mating is attempted.Preqygotic BarrierReproductive IsolationGeographic IsolationPostzygotic Barrier20s
- Q14A speciation in which biological populations are physically isolated by an extrinsic barrier and evolve intrinsic (genetic) reproductive isolation, such that if the barrier breaks down, individuals of the population can no longer interbreed.Habitat IsolationAllopatric speciationSympatric SpeciationReproductive Isolation20s
- Q15A speciation in which new species evolve from a single ancestral species while inhabiting the same geographic region.Allopatric speciationGradualismSympatric speciationAdaptive Radiation20s