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Guide
Evolution Study
Biology
Evolution Study Guide
1. What is evolution?
2. What is artificial selection?
Give an example.
3. What is another name for natural selection?
4. Describe an animal that is very fit in its habitat.
5. Name the 3 parameters of evolution by natural selection.
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6. What is an adaptation?
7. What is competition?
What types of resources do organisms compete over?
8. What is common descent?
9. What provides evidence for this “descent with modification”?
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What is Divergent Evolution?
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What is Convergent Evolution?
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Name and describe the 7 pieces of evidence for evolution.
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2. ____________3.________________
 Homologous Structures-
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 Analogous structures
Vestigial structures –
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In a population of wooly worms, the number of green individuals increased
over time. What happened to the allele frequency of the allele for green color?
What is the main source of genetic variations in populations?
If a mutation occurs in a skin cell, does that mutation get passed on to the
offspring of that individual?
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Name and describe the 3 types of selection in populations.
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Name and describe the 3 other sources of changes in allele frequencies.
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What is speciation?
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What is reproductive isolation?
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Name and describe the 5 Mechanisms of reproductive isolation.
1. Behavioral isolation –
2. Ecological/habitat isolation –
3. Mechanical isolation –
4. Gametic isolation –
5. Temporal isolation –
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What is geographic isolation?
Give an example:
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What is gradualism?
23.
What is punctuated equilibrium?