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Evolution Review
Evolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who proposed inheritance of acquired characteristics? | Jean Baptiste Lamarck |
| What are two types of genetic drift? | Population bottleneck and the Founder effect |
| You’re in a room with 3 monkeys. One is holding a banana. One is holding a stick. One is holding nothing. Which primate is the smartest? | The smartest primate is a human |
| Brown trout reproduce in the fall, and rainbow trout reproduce in the spring. This is an example of _______ isolation. | Temporal isolation |
| Three distantly related mammals adapted independently to eat ants and termites. This is an example of ___ evolution. | Convergent evolution |
| Name 3 vestigial structures in humans. | 1.Appendix 2.Tailbone 3.Ear muscles |
| Snapdragon flowers must be pollinated to reproduce, but the flowers are closed. A bumblebee has just enough weight to open a snapdragon flower. This adaptation is an example of ___. | Co-evolution |
| List 5 pieces of evidence for evolution. | 1) Fossil evidence 2) Anatomy Homologous structures Vestigial structures Analogous structures 3) Embryology 4) Biological molecules (DNA and amino acid sequences) 5) Biogeography |
| Males of two species of bower birds make different styles of nests to attract females. This is an example of ___ isolation. | Behavioral isolation |
| The forelimbs of humans, cats, and whales are considered to be ______ structures. | Homologous |
| Archaeopteryx is a fossil linking ____________ and _____________ | Birds and reptiles |
| A small number of birds, blown off course during migration, find an island and colonize it. This population will most likely experience genetic drift as a result of: | The Founder Effect |
| Microevolution or Macroevolution?A labradoodle is a cross between a labrador retriever and a poodle. | Microevolution |
| There are 2 squirrels, separated by the Grand Canyon, these are considered separated species due to ___ isolation. | Geographic isolation |
| There are 5 mechanisms for evolution. | 1.Natural Selection 2.Mutation 3.Gene flow 4.Genetic drift 5.Sexual selection (non-random mating) |
| The Amish population in Pennsylvania stemmed from approximately 200 German immigrants. They have a much higher rate of dwarfism than in other populations. This is due to the ____ Effect. | Founder Effect |
| The theory of endosymbiosis explains evolution of ___ and ___ | Chloroplasts and mitochondria |
| A model of evolution in which short periods of drastic change in species are separated by long periods of little or no change | Punctuated equilibrium |
| Name the 3 types of reproductive isolation. | Geographic, behavioral, temporal |
| The diversification of one ancestral species into many descendent species is called _______________. The descendents are usually adapted to a wide range of environments. | Homology |
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