Vocabulary

Question 1

Evolution

Answer 1

• a gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex of better form .
• change in species over many generations as a result of natural selection

Question 2

Microevolution

Answer 2

-small changes that occur within populations of a species each generation

Question 3

Macroevolution

Answer 3

-changes produced over many generations including the appearance of a new species

Question 4

Natural selection

Answer 4

-process in nature where only the organisms best adapted to their environment tend to survive and transmit these advantageous traits to their offspring.

Question 5

Gene drift

Answer 5

-change in genes that occurs in a small isolated population

Question 6

Gene flow

Answer 6

-exchange in genes that occurs as isolated populations interbreed

Question 7

Mutation

Answer 7

-change in genes caused by shock or accident that change an individual’s DNA

Question 8

Foramen Magnum

Answer 8

• the hole in the base of the skull through which the spinal cord enters
• if centered it means bipedal
• if not centered it means quadruped

Question 9

Brow ridge

Answer 9

-a bony ridge located above the eye sockets of all primates

Question 10

Physical anthropology

Answer 10

• study of biological evolution of humans

- fossils, primatology (the study of primates$