1. Who is the author of "Philosophie Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
Zoologique"?
2. What is the German word for time zeitgeist
spirit?
3. What is the founder e�ect???? when a few individuals colonize or invade a separate
distinct area/habitat
4. What is the bottleneck e�ect? an e�ect that occurs when a natural disaster results in a
few individuals remaining in a population with di�erent
allelic frequencies by chance
5. Who failed at becoming a doctor Charles Darwin
and a minister, but went on to rev-
olutionize the study of the natural
world?
6. Who was Alfred Russel Wallace? a naturalist that spent time in the Malay Archipelago and
was strongly in uenced by the local natural history
7. Who was Thomas Malthus? the author of "An Essay on the Principle of Population, as
it A�ects the Future Improvement of Society" (1789)
8. Who was Louis Agassiz???? a Harvard comparative morphologist that felt museums
should showcase manifestations of the Creator
9. Who was the Frenchmen respon- Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
sible for the belief that organisms
could inherit acquired characteris-
tics?
10. Who was Sir Charles Lyell? the author of "Principles of Geology", a book that would
have an important in uence on Darwin
, 11. What is gene ow? the exchange of genes between populations (demes)
due to immigration/emigration of reproducing individ-
uals
12. What is tness? the measured ability to get one's genes into the next
generation (in relation to other genotypes)
13. What is an adaptation? any morphological, physiological, developmental, or
behavioral character that enhances survival and repro-
ductive success of an organism
14. What is macroevolution? the broad pattern of evolutionary change over time
above the species level
15. What is evolution? the process of change over time that has transformed
life on earth
16. What is life history? how organisms use energy for survival and reproduction
17. What is extinction? the natural process whereby species no longer exist
18. What are the three types of extinc- background, mass, anthropogenic
tion?
19. What is background extinction? slow, steady rate of extinction; organism reaches its
"shelf life/expiration date"
20. What is mass extinction? the disappearance of a large number of species over a
short period of time
21. What is anthropogenic extinction? extinction caused by humans
22. What are the three forms of natur- disruptive, stabilizing, and directional
al selection?
Zoologique"?
2. What is the German word for time zeitgeist
spirit?
3. What is the founder e�ect???? when a few individuals colonize or invade a separate
distinct area/habitat
4. What is the bottleneck e�ect? an e�ect that occurs when a natural disaster results in a
few individuals remaining in a population with di�erent
allelic frequencies by chance
5. Who failed at becoming a doctor Charles Darwin
and a minister, but went on to rev-
olutionize the study of the natural
world?
6. Who was Alfred Russel Wallace? a naturalist that spent time in the Malay Archipelago and
was strongly in uenced by the local natural history
7. Who was Thomas Malthus? the author of "An Essay on the Principle of Population, as
it A�ects the Future Improvement of Society" (1789)
8. Who was Louis Agassiz???? a Harvard comparative morphologist that felt museums
should showcase manifestations of the Creator
9. Who was the Frenchmen respon- Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
sible for the belief that organisms
could inherit acquired characteris-
tics?
10. Who was Sir Charles Lyell? the author of "Principles of Geology", a book that would
have an important in uence on Darwin
, 11. What is gene ow? the exchange of genes between populations (demes)
due to immigration/emigration of reproducing individ-
uals
12. What is tness? the measured ability to get one's genes into the next
generation (in relation to other genotypes)
13. What is an adaptation? any morphological, physiological, developmental, or
behavioral character that enhances survival and repro-
ductive success of an organism
14. What is macroevolution? the broad pattern of evolutionary change over time
above the species level
15. What is evolution? the process of change over time that has transformed
life on earth
16. What is life history? how organisms use energy for survival and reproduction
17. What is extinction? the natural process whereby species no longer exist
18. What are the three types of extinc- background, mass, anthropogenic
tion?
19. What is background extinction? slow, steady rate of extinction; organism reaches its
"shelf life/expiration date"
20. What is mass extinction? the disappearance of a large number of species over a
short period of time
21. What is anthropogenic extinction? extinction caused by humans
22. What are the three forms of natur- disruptive, stabilizing, and directional
al selection?
