BIO 202 EXAM 1 UNCW updated already passed

BIO 202 EXAM 1 UNCW updated already passedevolution - correct answer heritable change in one or more characteristics of a population or species from one generation to the next microevolution - correct answer changes in a single gene in a population over time macroevolution - correct answer formation of a new species or groups of species heritable traits - correct answer traits inherited from parents, that offspring can pass on to the next generation uniformitarianism hyporthesis - correct answer slow geological processes lead to substantial change... earth was much older than 6,000 years Thomas Malthus - correct answer an economist, says that only a fraction of any population will survive and reproduce. Population growth is limited by famine, war, and disease. Survival and reproduction are key components of natural selection. Charles Darwin - correct answer British naturalist born in 1809, published On the Origin of Species in 1859 (detailed his ideas with observational support). His theory was shaped by geology, economics, and the Voyage of the Beagle (first to identify new species while exploring). First person, with Wallace, to postulate a mechanism for evolution with empirical data. Mendel - correct answer genetics (around the same time of Darwin, but they didn't talk) evolution based on - correct answer variation within a given species/descent with modification natural selection - correct answer more offspring produced than can survive, competition for limited resources, individual with better traits will flourish and reproduce