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3. The study of where species and their ancestors live.1
What is…biogeography
The study of where species and their ancestors live.
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4. 2 What is ….natural selection?
Organisms with traits well-suited to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than organisms less suited to the same environment is known as this…
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5. 3 What is….domain? The broadest taxa is this Click here for answer
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6. 4 What is….genus? The most specific taxa is this Click here for answer
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7. 1 What is….artificial selection?
When a farmer breeds only his or her best livestock, the process involved is…
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8. 2 What is ….the different shaped beaks of bird?
One of the most significant adaptations that Darwin noted on the Galapagos Islands was this…
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What is ….fitness?
Darwin called the ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its specific environment this…
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10. 4 What is ….allopatric isolation?
This type of speciation occurs when new species arise as a result of geographic isolation
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11. 1 What is…Hardy-Weinberg principle?
Describes when allelic frequencies remain unchanged and a population is in genetic equilibrium…
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12. 2 What is ….increased competition?
Scarcity of resources and a growing population are most likely a result of this…
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13. 3 What is ….evolutionary classification
Grouping of organisms based on their common descent is called this…
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14. Several different classes make up this…4
What is….a phylum?
Several different classes make up this…
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15. 1 What are...analogous structures?
The beak of a bird and the beak of a giant squid evolved independently and serve the same function. What kind of structures are these beaks?
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16. What is…they descended from a common ancestor?2
What is…they descended from a common ancestor?
Darwin hypothesized that the finches on the Galapagos Islands had similar physical characteristics because they did this…
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17. 3 What is ….genus and species?
Binomial nomenclature is a two-part naming system of organisms, otherwise known as a scientific name. What 2 taxa determines a scientific name?
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18. What are…analogous structures?4
What are…analogous structures?
Superficially similar features molded by natural selection in very different species are classified as this type of structure…
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19. 1 What is..…genetic variation in species?
Natural selection could not occur
without this
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20. 2
What is….gradualism?
The hypothesis that evolution occurs at a slow, constant rate is known as this…
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21. The science of classifying living things is called this…3
What is…taxonomy?
The science of classifying living things is called this…
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22. What are…homologous structures indicating a common ancestor?4
What are…homologous structures indicating a common ancestor?
An explanation of why bird wings and reptile forelegs are evidence of evolution is this…
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