BIOLOGY EVOLUTION VOCABULARY EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE
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Evolution - Answers The gradual process by which something changes into a different form.
Natural selection - Answers the process by which certain traits make it more possible for an organism
to survive.
Species - Answers a group of a type of organisms or animals
Population - Answers the amount or count in a certain areal of a species.
Speciation - Answers the evolution by which new species are formed.
Extinction - Answers the end of a species
Adaptation - Answers when a population becomes better suited to its habitat
Camouflage - Answers a method of blending into an environment.
Variation - Answers biodiversity.
Fitness - Answers ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment.
Gene Pool - Answers consists of all genes, including all the different alleles, that are present in a
population
Sexual selection - Answers the theory that evolutionary traits can be explained by competition
Allelic frequency - Answers The ratio of all copies of genes
Genetic Drift - Answers The change in the frequency of genes
Fossils - Answers Preserved remains in animals
Geological strata - Answers layers of a rock or soil
Embryology - Answers a science on the development of an embryo
Homologous Structures - Answers same ancestor, different function, similar structure
Vestigial Structures - Answers Evidence of evolution
Analogous structures - Answers different ancestor, similar function, different structure
Biochemistry - Answers the study of chemical processes in living organisms
Evolutionary Tree - Answers a branching diagram showing the inferred evolutionary relationships
among species
Common Ancestor - Answers a group of organisms have a common descendent
Reproductive Isolation - Answers collection of mechanisms, behaviors, and physiological processes
that prevents cross-breeding
Divergent Evolution - Answers the accumulation of differences between groups which can lead to the
formation of new species
Convergent Evolution - Answers Same biological trait in separate species
Co-evolution - Answers the change of a bio object triggered by the change of a related object.
Adaptive Radiation - Answers The evolution of a ecological diversity between rapidly multiplying
lineage.
Antibiotic Resistance - Answers A type of drug resistance where a microorganism has developed the
ability to survive exposure to an antibiotic.
Gene Flow - Answers The transfer of alleles of genes from one population to the other.
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Evolution - Answers The gradual process by which something changes into a different form.
Natural selection - Answers the process by which certain traits make it more possible for an organism
to survive.
Species - Answers a group of a type of organisms or animals
Population - Answers the amount or count in a certain areal of a species.
Speciation - Answers the evolution by which new species are formed.
Extinction - Answers the end of a species
Adaptation - Answers when a population becomes better suited to its habitat
Camouflage - Answers a method of blending into an environment.
Variation - Answers biodiversity.
Fitness - Answers ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment.
Gene Pool - Answers consists of all genes, including all the different alleles, that are present in a
population
Sexual selection - Answers the theory that evolutionary traits can be explained by competition
Allelic frequency - Answers The ratio of all copies of genes
Genetic Drift - Answers The change in the frequency of genes
Fossils - Answers Preserved remains in animals
Geological strata - Answers layers of a rock or soil
Embryology - Answers a science on the development of an embryo
Homologous Structures - Answers same ancestor, different function, similar structure
Vestigial Structures - Answers Evidence of evolution
Analogous structures - Answers different ancestor, similar function, different structure
Biochemistry - Answers the study of chemical processes in living organisms
Evolutionary Tree - Answers a branching diagram showing the inferred evolutionary relationships
among species
Common Ancestor - Answers a group of organisms have a common descendent
Reproductive Isolation - Answers collection of mechanisms, behaviors, and physiological processes
that prevents cross-breeding
Divergent Evolution - Answers the accumulation of differences between groups which can lead to the
formation of new species
Convergent Evolution - Answers Same biological trait in separate species
Co-evolution - Answers the change of a bio object triggered by the change of a related object.
Adaptive Radiation - Answers The evolution of a ecological diversity between rapidly multiplying
lineage.
Antibiotic Resistance - Answers A type of drug resistance where a microorganism has developed the
ability to survive exposure to an antibiotic.
Gene Flow - Answers The transfer of alleles of genes from one population to the other.
