Topic 5.1: Evidence for Evolution

Question 1

Define evolution

Answer 1

A change in the allele frequency of a population’s gene pool over successive generations

Question 2

When does something provide evidence for evolution?

Answer 2

Something provides evidence for evolution when it demonstrates a change in characteristics from an ancestral form

Question 3

Define selective breeding

Answer 3

Selective breeding is a form of artificial selection, whereby man intervenes in the breeding of species to produce desired traits in offspring

Question 4

Define homologous structures

Answer 4

Anatomical features that are similar in basic structure despite being used in different ways are called homologous structures

Question 5

Define speciation

Answer 5

The evolutionary process by which two related populations diverge into separate species is called speciation