Test Review Biological Evolution

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• Test Review Biological Evolution
• What is a well supported and well tested concept
  not yet accepted as fact?
• Who is given credit for the theory of evolution
  of living organisms?
• What was the book written by Charles Darwin?
• Name the two geologists that helped Darwin
  develop his theory. Together they mentioned the
  Earth was millions of years old and changes over
  time.
• Who said that population growth is limited by
  available food and space?
• Who proposed the theory of use and disuse
  (example of birds wings) no longer accepted?

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• Selective breeding is also known as...
• Spell correctly the name of someone who studies
  fossil remains
• The ability to survive and reproduce is a
  definition of
• Structure of organism that no longer has a
  function
• Another name for Darwins theory of natural
  selection is...
• Evolutionary pattern in which many dissimilar
  species start to change and look more similar
  (coming together).
• The combined genetic information of all members
  of a population.

3

• Chance occurrence of low frequency alleles in a
  population becoming more common in a gene pool
• The separation of populations by barriers such as
  rivers, mountains, oceans, etc.
• Process of forming a new species.

4

• Where are the Galapagos islands? (must be close)
• Do you remember the first step in speciation?
  What is it? Think Darwins finches on the
  galapagos
• Preserved remains are...
• In what type of rock are most fossils found?
• What is the estimated percent of species that
  have gone extinct?

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• Evolutionary pattern characterized by two species
  evolving together, such as a butterfly and a
  flower.
• Evolutionary pattern in which genetic equilibrium
  is interrupted by brief periods of rapid
  evolution.
• Evolutionary pattern in which many different
  organisms/species arise from a single species
  (ex Darwins finches) (moving outward).

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• Length of time for half of a radioactive sample
  to decay.
• In terms of the giraffe activity, what factor led
  to the increased survival rate in some of the
  giraffe groups?
• Evidence of evolution Dissimilar
  structures/functions from the same body parts
  (ex. arm and wing)
• Evidence of evolution What biochemical compound
  do all living organism have in common?
• Two main sources of genetic variation.