BIO101-EVOLUTION OF LIFE Questions and
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Evolution
Ans: Descent with modification
Evolution
Ans: (More precise)
Genetic change in a population over multiple generations
Population
Ans: Interbreeding member of same species in an area
Gene pool
Ans: Population's entire collection of genes and their allels
Allel frequencies
Ans: calculated as the number of coppies of that allel, divided by the total number
of allels in population
Microevolution
Ans: Small changes in every populationr species
Macroevolution
Ans: Long-period processes
Uniformitarianism
Ans: The process of erosion and sedimentation in modern times have also occured
in the past, producing profound change in Earth over time
Catastrophism
Ans: The theory that a series of brief, violent, global upheavals such as floods were
responsible for most geological formations
The principle of superposition
Ans: Lower layers of rock and the fossils they contain are older than those above
them
Convergent evolution
Ans: 2 species live on opposite sides of the planet may share characteristics because
they evolved in similar environmental condition