biodiversity and evolution

Question 1

Biological Evolution

Answer 1

The change in inherited traits over successive generations in population of organisms

Question 2

Population

Answer 2

a group of individuals that are the same species

Question 3

Small scale (micro-evolution)

Answer 3

going from one generation to the next and considering the changes in a population

Question 4

Large Scale (evolution)

Answer 4

What you see when you look at the over-arching history of life, including divergence of populations and the creation of different species from a common ancestor over generations

Question 5

Alfred Russel Wallace

Answer 5

also realized that populations of organisms change by adapting to change in the environment

Question 6

Alfred Russel Wallace: also realized that populations of organisms change by adapting to change in the environment

Answer 6

Migration (gene flow)

founder effect

genetic drift

bottleneck

Question 7

natural selection

Answer 7

Is the process whereby organisms that happen to be better adapted to their environment, tend to survive and produce more offspring; relies on genetic diversity

Question 8

Mutation events

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can happen during the cell division process that producers egg and sperm

Question 9

Mutations:

Answer 9

permanent changes in genetic information that can be passed down from parent to offspring if they occur in the gametes; source of new traits in a population organism

Question 10

components necessary for evolution

Answer 10

• variation or more than one version of a trait
• heritable trait/ a trait passed down from parent to offspring vie genetics
• differential reproduction/ An individual possessing the trait must have a reproductive advantage compared to individuals who don’t possess the trait; Those offspring must be viable and fertile

Question 11

Theory of macroevolution is supported by..

Answer 11

• fossil record, genomic records, similarities in structure, embryo development