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What is…biogeography
The study of where species and their
ancestors live.
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What is ….natural selection?
Organisms with traits well-suited to their
environment survive and reproduce more
successfully than organisms less suited to the
same environment is known as this…
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What is….domain?
The broadest taxa is this
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What is….species?
The most specific taxa is this
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What is….artificial selection?
When a farmer breeds only his or her best
livestock, the process involved is…
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What is ….the different shaped
beaks of bird?
One of the most significant adaptations that
Darwin noted on the Galapagos Islands was
this…
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What is ….fitness?
Darwin called the ability of an organism to survive
and reproduce in its specific environment this…
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What is ….allopatric isolation?
This type of speciation occurs when new
species arise as a result of geographic
isolation
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What is…Hardy-Weinberg
principle?
Describes when allelic frequencies remain
unchanged and a population is in genetic
equilibrium…
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What is ….increased
competition?
Scarcity of resources and a growing
population are most likely a result of this…
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What is ….evolutionary
classification
Grouping of organisms based on their
common descent is called this…
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What is….a phylum?
Several different classes make up this…
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What are...analogous structures?
The beak of a bird and the beak of a giant
squid evolved independently and serve the
same function. What kind of structures are
these beaks?
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What is…they descended
from a common ancestor?
Darwin hypothesized that the finches on the
Galapagos Islands had similar physical
characteristics because they did this…
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What is ….genus and species?
Binomial nomenclature is a two-part naming
system of organisms, otherwise known as a
scientific name. What 2 taxa determines a
scientific name?
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What are…analogous structures?
Superficially similar features molded by
natural selection in very different species
are classified as this type of structure…
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What is..…genetic variation in
species?
Natural selection could not occur
without this
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What is….gradualism?
The hypothesis that evolution occurs at a
slow, constant rate is known as this…
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What is…taxonomy?
The science of classifying living things is
called this…
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What are…homologous
structures indicating a common
ancestor?
An explanation of why bird wings and
reptile forelegs are evidence of evolution is
this…
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