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Question Answer Charles Darwin ANSWER: The theory that states there is a change in population over time. QUESTION: Evolution

Question Answer Charles Darwin ANSWER: Darwin was the naturalist on this ship from 1831 to 1835 QUESTION: HMS Beagle

Question Answer Charles Darwin ANSWER: This is one of the most famous books in biology, written by Darwin and published in QUESTION: “On the origin of species”

Question Answer Charles Darwin ANSWER: Darwin observed that at each location he visited, there were unique variations of the same organisms. What was the name of the place he visited the most on his voyage. QUESTION: Galapagos Islands

Question Answer Charles Darwin ANSWER: How long did it take Darwin to come up with an explanation of how species change over time. QUESTION: 22 years

Question Answer ANSWER: Structural adaptation that allows a species to blend with its surroundings. QUESTION: Camouflage Natural Selection - 100

Question Answer Natural Selection ANSWER: An example is the yellow jacket and the syrphid fly. QUESTION: Mimicry

Question Answer Natural Selection ANSWER: Inherited characteristics which increase the chances of surviving and reproducing. QUESTION: Adaptation

Question Answer Natural Selection ANSWER: Traits that exist in organisms that are able to do this will be more obvious in the following generation. QUESTION: Reproduce

Question Answer Natural Selection ANSWER: Bacteria developing resistance to penicillin is an example of this adaptation. QUESTION: Physiological

Question Answer Indirect Evidence ANSWER: These provide a record of early life and possible relationships to current life on earth. QUESTION: Fossils

Question Answer Indirect Evidence ANSWER: An example is the eyes of a blind mole-rat. QUESTION: Vestigial structures

Question Answer Indirect Evidence ANSWER: The study of early stages of development. QUESTION: Embryology

Question Answer Indirect Evidence ANSWER: structural features with a common evolutionary origin. QUESTION: Homologous structures.

Question Answer Indirect Evidence ANSWER: An example is a bird and insects wings. QUESTION: Analogous structures.

Question Answer Mechanisms ANSWER: All of the different alleles in a population. QUESTION: Gene Pool

Question Answer Mechanisms ANSWER: Percentage of any specific allele in the gene pool. QUESTION: Allelic frequencies.

Question Answer Mechanisms ANSWER: Frequency of alleles remains the same in a population over time. QUESTION: Genetic Equilibrium

Question Answer Mechanisms ANSWER: Movement of individuals in and out of a population. QUESTION: Gene flow

Question Answer Mechanisms ANSWER: Individuals with either extreme of a trait’s variation are selected for resulting in this type of natural selection. QUESTION: Disruptive Selection

Question Answer Speciation ANSWER: Physical barrier that divides a population. QUESTION: Geographic Isolation.

Question Answer Speciation ANSWER: Species with a multiple of the normal set of chromosomes. More common in plants. QUESTION: Polyploidy

Question Answer Speciation ANSWER: The rate of speciation that states…species originate through a slow change of adaptations. QUESTION: Gradualism

Question Answer Speciation ANSWER: Distantly related organisms evolve similar traits. QUESTION: Convergent Evolution

Question Answer Speciation ANSWER: A type of divergent evolution in which ancestral species evolve into an array of species to fit a number of diverse habitats. QUESTION: Adaptive radiation.

Question Answer FINAL JEOPARDY ANSWER: The study of DNA and RNA that shows the relatedness of species. QUESTION: Biochemistry