Download Natural selection key terms and questions

NATURAL SELECTION – prereading
Define Key terms for section 13.1
Population
Natural selection
Adaptation
Reproductive isolation
Gradualism
Punctuated equilibrium
Answer review for section 13.1
List 2 observations made by Charles Darwin during his 5-year voyage that led him
to conclude that living species evolved from extinct species.
Describe how natural selection occurs.
Summarize the modern theory of evolution by natural selection.
Compare punctuated equilibrium model of evolution with the gradualism model.
Define key terms for section 13.2
Paleontologist
Vestigial structure
Homologous structure
Answer review for section 13.2
Relate how the fossil record provides evidence that evolution has occurred.
State how comparing the amino acid sequence of a protein can provide evidence
that evolution has taken place.
Describe how comparing the anatomy of living species provide some evidence of
evolution.
Define key terms for section 13.3
Divergence
Speciation
Subspecies
Answer review for section 13.3
List four elements of natural selection.
Describe the mechanism that causes population changes in antibiotic – resistant
bacteria.
Identify what caused the change in the finch’s beaks as seen in Grant’s study.
Describe how speciation takes place.