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- 1. Open Endedwhat are four adaptations that blue-footed boobies have to help them survive
- 2. Open Endedwhy are the four adaptations of blue-footed boobies evolutionary compromises
- 3. Open Endedwhat is the history of evolutionary thought
- 4. Open Endedwho was the first person to state the theory of evolutionary thought
- 5. Open Endedwhat influenced Darwin's thinking during his voyage on "The Beagle"
- 6. Open Endedwhat were the ideas and events that led to Darwin publishing his book "The Origin of Species"
- 7. Open Endedexplain how the work of Thomas Malthus and the process of artificial selection influenced Darwin's development of the idea of natural selection
- 8. Open Endedwhat were the observations and inferences that helped Darwin developing the thought of natural selection
- 9. Open Endedwhy can individuals not evolve
- 10. Open Endedwhy does evolution not lead to perfectly adapted organisms
- 11. Open Endedwhat is evolution
- 12. Open Endedwhat are two examples of natural selection known to occur in nature
- 13. Open Endedwhat are three key points to how natural selection works
- 14. Open Endedhow do fossils form
- 15. Open Endedhow does the fossil record provide some of the strongest evidence of evolution
- 16. Open Endedhow does biogeography support evolution
- 17. Open Endedhow does comparative anatomy support evolution
- 18. Open Endedhow does comparative embryology support evolution
- 19. Open Endedhow does molecular biology support evolution
- 20. Open Endedhow are evolutionary trees constructed
- 21. Open Endedwhat is a population
- 22. Open Endedhow does mutation produce genetic variation
- 23. Open Endedhow does sexual recombination produce genetic variation
- 24. Open Endedexplain why prokaryotes can evolve more quickly than eukaryotes
- 25. Open Endeddescribe the five conditions required for the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
- 26. Open Endedwhat is the significance of the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium to natural populations
- 27. Open Endedwhat is the significance of the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium to public health science
- 28. Open Endedexplain how genetic bottlenecks threaten the survival of certain species
- 29. Open Endedwhy is natural selection the only mechanism that leads to adaptive evolution
- 30. Open Endedwhat is intrasexual selection
- 31. Open Endedwhat is intersexual selection
- 32. Open Endedhow has antibiotic resistance evolved
- 33. Open Endedhow has genetic variation been maintained in populations
- 34. Open Endedwhat is neutral variation
- 35. Open Endedgive four reasons why natural selection cannot produce perfection
- 36. Open Endedan inherited characteristic that enhances an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment..
- 37. Open Endedthe selective breeding of domesticated plants and animals to promote the occurrence of desirable traits..
- 38. Open Endednatural selection that maintains stable frequencies of two or more phenotypic forms in a population..
- 39. Open Endedthe study of past and present distribution of organisms
- 40. Open Endedgenetic drift resulting from a drastic reduction in population size; typically, the surviving population is no longer genetically representative of the original population..
- 41. Open Endednatural selection in which individuals on both extremes of a phenotypic range are favored over intermediate phenotypes..
- 42. Open Endednatural selection in which individuals at one end of the phenotypic range survive and reproduce more sucesfully then do other individuals..
- 43. Open Endeddescent with modification; the idea that living species are descendants of ancestral species that were different from present-day ones; also the genetic changes in a population over generations..
- 44. Open Endeda branching diagram that reflects a hypothesis about evolutionary relationships among groups of organisms..
- 45. Open Endedthe irrevocable loss of a species
- 46. Open Endedthe contribution an individual makes to the gene pool of the next generation relative to the contribution of other individuals in the population..
- 47. Open Endedthe chronicle of evolution over millions of years of geological time engraved in the order in which fossils appear in rock strata..
- 48. Open Endeda preserved remnant or impression of an organisms that lived in the past..
- 49. Open Endedgenetic drift that occurs when a few individuals become isolated from a larger population, with the result that the composition of the new population's gene pool is not reflective of that of the original population..
- 50. Open Endeda decline in the reproductive sources of individuals that have a phenotype that has become too common in a population..
- 51. Open Endedthe transfer of alleles from one population to another, as a result of the movement of individuals of their gametes..
- 52. Open Endedall the alleles for all the genes in a population..
- 53. Open Endeda change in the gene pool of a population due to change; effects are most pronounced in small populations..
- 54. Open Endedthe principle that the shuffling of genes that occurs during sexual reproduction by itself cannot change the overall genetic makeup of a population..
- 55. Open Endedgreater reproductive success of heterozygous individuals compared to homozygous; tends to preserve variation in gene pools..
- 56. Open Endedstructures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry..
- 57. Open Endedsimilarity in characteristics resulting from a shared ancestry..
- 58. Open Endeda change in a population's gene pool over generations..
- 59. Open Endedthe study of the molecular basis of genes and gene expression; molecular genetics..
- 60. Fill in the Blanka change in the nucleotide sequence of an organism's DNA; _____ also can occur in the DNA or RNA of a virus; that ultimate source off genetic diversity..
- 61. Open Endeda process in which organisms with certain inherited characteristics are more likely to survive and reproduce than are organisms with other characteristics..
- 62. Open Endedgenetic variation that does not appear to provide a selective advantage or disadvantage..
- 63. Open Endeda scientist who studies fossils..
- 64. Open Endedmarked differences between the secondary sex characteristics of males and females..
- 65. Open Endeda form of natural selection in which individuals with certain inherited characteristics are more likely than other individuals to obtain mates..
- 66. Open Endednatural selection that favors intermediate variants by acting against extreme phenotypes..
- 67. Open Endedrock layers formed when new layers of sediment cover older ones and compress them..
- 68. Open Endeda structure of marginal or no importance to an organisms. are historical remnants of structures that had important function in ancestors..
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