What is evolution in biology?
Who was Charles Darwin?
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What is evolution in biology?
Who was Charles Darwin?
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What were his main observations/studies?
What is the difference between variation and adaptation?
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What is biological fitness?
ability to survive and produce more offspring
What is natural selection?
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( environment is selective agent)
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How is it connected to evolution?
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What is the selective agent in natural selection?
environment
What are some examples of natural selection?
What is artificial selection?
When humans change a species by breeding it for certain traits
(humans are the selective agent)
What is the selective agent in artificial selection?
humans
What are some examples of artificial selection?
Dog breeding
What are the four principles of natural selection?
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What are some misconceptions about natural selection and evolution?
What are the sources of evidence for evolution and HOW do they support the theory of evolution?
(HOW) Fossils
(HOW) Embryology
(HOW) Biogeography
(HOW) Anatomy
What are fossils?
What is biogeography?
What is comparative anatomy?
Homologous structure
(body parts of diff species) Ex: Cat and Human Arm
Analogous structure
Vestigial Structures
Which of these structures can serve as evidence for evolution and why?
What are the other sources of evolution besides natural selection?
What is allele frequency?
How does genetic variation occur in a population?
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What are the two processes that can allow genetic drift to occur?
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What is sexual selection?
Intrasexual
Intersexual
5 factors that lead to Evolution
Who was Alfred Wallace?
What are the two methods of dating fossils?
What is speciation?
What is reproductive isolation and the three causes of it? (give an example)
occurs when members of different populations can no longer mate successfully, the final step in becoming two separate species
Behavioral
Geographic
Temporal
Behavioral Isolation
Geographic Isolation
Temporal Isolation
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What are mass extinctions vs background extinctions?
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What is taxonomy?
What is the order of classification? (Kingdom → Phylum → Class, etc.)
What methods do scientists use to classify species?