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Evolution Vocab Practice

Quiz by Kristin Bullwinkle

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  • Q1
    "survival of the fittest"...those organisms better suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce
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    Natural Selection
    30s
  • Q2
    inheritable trait that increases one's chances of survival
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    adaptation
    30s
  • Q3
    Developed the Theory of Evolution
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    Charles Darwin
    30s
  • Q4
    remains of past living organisms located in the rock layers
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    Fossil
    30s
  • Q5
    "The present is the key to the past"
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    Uniformitarianism
    30s
  • Q6
    Organisms today have evolved over time and therefore look different than ancestors
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    Descent with Modification
    30s
  • Q7
    Structures that are derived from the same type of tissue but have different functions
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    Homologous Structures
    30s
  • Q8
    structures with similar functions but are NOT derived from the same type of tissues
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    Analogous structures
    30s
  • Q9
    study of the early stages of development...indicates common ancestor
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    embryology
    30s
  • Q10
    similarities of DNA and amino acid sequences in proteins in organisms...the fewer the differences...the more closely related the organisms
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    Molecular homologies
    30s
  • Q11
    long periods of time with no change then an abrupt change in fossil record
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    punctuated equilibrium
    30s
  • Q12
    slow, gradual changes in an organism over long periods of time
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    gradualism
    30s
  • Q13
    long period of time with no change
    stasis
    30s
  • Q14
    flow of genes from one population to another...MIGRATION
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    gene flow
    30s
  • Q15
    change in allele frequency due to chance or bad luck...decreases variation
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    Genetic drift
    30s

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