Which of the following are the premises for Charles
Darwin’s theory of evolution?
\ * There is inheritable **variation** in all species
* There is a tendency for **overpopulation** in all species * There is a competition for the necessities of life and only the **fit survive** to reproduce
==(V.O.S.F)==
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How do inheritable variations become established in a population?
* mutations change gene sequence * Crossing over between homologous or partner chromosomes * The union of one egg and one sperm
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What type of selection pressure displays a graph that moves towards one of the extremes, while the other extremes become extinct ( first) Selection pressure on packet
Direction Selection
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Which selection pressure eliminates individuals in both extremes and favors those near the norm, or middle?
Stabilizing Selection
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What type of selection pressure eliminates the norm and is usually the result of some catastrophically geological
event ?
Disruptive Selection
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Allopatric Speciation
New Species develop in different geographical areas after
the population has been physically separated
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Sympatric Speciation
Driven by development of characteristics that give
species the ability to feed on different food sources
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What language is the scientific name of all organism
written in?
Latin
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Carolus Linnaeus
Created the modern Taxonomy system
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John Ray
Determined that nature naturally grouped organisms into species
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The Genus name is..
Capitalized
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The Species name is..
Lowercase
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When writing the scientific name of an organism, the name is either italicized or underlined because Latin is a foreign language.
True False
True
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The science that deals with the classification of animals