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The Topic For Today Is Evolution!
Theory of
Evolution
Evidence for
Evolution
DNA and
Mutation
Speciation
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The process whereby modern organisms have
descended from ancient common ancestors
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What is the Theory of Evolution?
Question:
He proposed that giraffes stretched their necks
in order to reach higher foliage and so their
children had longer necks too
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Who is Lemark
Question:
Process by which individuals better suited to
their environment can survive and
reproduce most successfully.
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What is Natural Selection or Survival of the
Fittest
Question:
A process in which humans choose the most
desirable traits of a population for breeding
purposes
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What is Artificial Selection
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Individual differences within a population
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What is Variation?
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This was when Dino’s went extinct
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65 million years
Question:
Structures that have similar embryological
origin and structure but are adapted for
different purposes
(ex: human arm and batwing)
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Homologous structures
Question: Body parts that have become very
reduced over time
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What are Vestigial structures
Question:
The early stages of development in
organisms in which there are many
similarities among different species.
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What is Embryology?
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These are four pieces of evidence for evolution
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What are fossil record, embryology, homologies,
biochemistry
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This is what DNA stands for
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What is deoxyribonucleic acid
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DNA is made of these 3 components
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What are deoxyribose/pentose sugar,
phosphate group, nitrogen-containing base
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These two nucleotides prefer each other’s
company over any other
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What are A=T /A=U or C=G
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Mutations in DNA can be one of 3 things:
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What are Neutral, Positive, Negative
Addition, Deletion, Inversion, Translocation, etc.
Missense, Nonsense, Neutral
Question:
Small populations with small gene pools are
likely to experience this leading to fixation of
alleles
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What is Genetic Drift
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A group of living organisms consisting of similar
individuals capable of exchanging genes or
interbreeding
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What is a species
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The “profession” and habitat of an organism
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What is a Niche?
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The process whereby new species emerged
from a primary species
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What is speciation?
Question:
Mountain ranges or streams may lead to this
type of speciation
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What is allopatric or speciation by geographical
isolation
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This occurs as new species evolve to fill novel
ecological niches in new habitat
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What is adaptive radiation?
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A phenomenon in which species suddenly
vanish.
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What is a Mass Extinction?
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This model of evolution suggests that there
were rapid changes in organisms followed by
periods of stasis
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What is punctuated equilibrium
Question:
RNA contains this nucleotide instead of Thymine
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What is Uracil
Question:
This was the ship Darwin sailed on
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What is the HMS Beagle
Question:
Courtship dances and extravagant feathers may
seem like poor adaptations but my be due to
this
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What is sexual selection?
Question:
This contemporary of Darwin had a similar idea
to the Theory of Evolution and his impending
publication spurred Darwin to publish “On The
Origin of Species”
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Who is Alfred Russel Wallace
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