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55 Cards in this Set
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WHAT IS THE PRIMARY PROCESS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAJOR EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES?
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NATURAL SELECTION
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DARWINS FINCHES IS AN EXAMPLE OF...
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EVOLUTION BY NATURAL SELECTION
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DARWIN COLLECTED ____ FINCHES FROM ___ ISLANDS
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31;3
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DARWIN BELIEVED THAT HIS FINCHES WERE WHAT KIND OF BIRDS?
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WRENS
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DARWIN ACTUALLY HAD ___ SPECIES OF FINCHES
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THE _____ CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE DIFFERENCES IN BEAK SIZE REFLECT GENETIC DIFFERENCES
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GRANTS
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THE GRANTS BASICALLY AGREED WITH DARWIN AND REALIZED THAT THE CHANGES IN BEAK DEPTH REPRESENT EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE RESULTING FROM...
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NATURAL SELECTION
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WHAT 3 THINGS ARE KNOWN AS THE EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION?
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DIRECT OBSERVATION OF CHANGE
FOSSIL RECORD COMPARITIVE BIOLOGY |
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NAME 4 EXAMPLES OF DIRECT OBSERVATION OF CHANGE
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FINCHES,INDUSTRIAL MELANISM,ARTIFICIAL SELECTION AND PESTICIDE/DRUG RESISTANCE
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THE _____ ______ IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE HISTORICAL RECORD OF CHANGE
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FOSSIL RECORD
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THE GALAPOGOS FINCHES HAVE UNDERGONE REPEATED _______ ON THE ISLANDS
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SPECIATION
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BESIDES DARWIN WHO ELSE EXAMINED FINCHES?
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PETER AND ROSEMARY GRANT
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THE G.FORTIS OCCUPIES..
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THE ISLA DAPHNE MAJOR
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WHAT YEAR WAS A BAD TIME FOR G.FORTIS?
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1977
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______ BILLED BIRDS WERE MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE THE DROUGHT
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BIGGER
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WHEN THE ENVIROMENT CHANGES,NATURAL SELECTION MAY FAVOR NEW TRAITS IN A SPECIES. EXAMPLE OF...
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INDUSTRIAL MELANISM
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MOTHS---BLACK INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE ______ ALLELE
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DOMINANT
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BEFORE THE INDUSTRIALIZED REVOLUTION THE _____ FORM OF MOTHS WERE RARE.
BCUZ OF POLLUTION THIS FORM INCREASED |
DARK
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WHICH COLOR OF MOTH DECREASED DUE TO POLLUTION?
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LIGHT COLORED
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______ _______ REFERS TO THE PROCESS BY WHICH DARKER INDIVIDUALS COME TO PREDOMINATE OVER LIGHTER INDIVIDUALS
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INDUSTRIAL MELANISM
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NATURAL SELECTION IS NOW WORKING ____ THE MELANIC ALLELE
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AGAINST
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ARTIFICIAL SELECTION IS AN ANALOGY ISED BY _______
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DARWIN
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DROSOPHILIA LAB EXPERIMENTS ON BRISTLE # AND PLEIOTROPISM ARE EXAMPLES OF...
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ARTIFICIAL SELECTION
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AN EXPERIMENT WITH CORN REPRESENTS THE ABILITY OF _______ _______ FOR DESIRABLE TRAITES
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ARTIFICIAL SELECTION
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______ _______ IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VARIETY OF BREEDS OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS
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ARTIFICIAL SELECTION
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DOMESTICATION HAS ALSO LED TO ________ SELECTION FOR SOME TRAITS
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UNINTENTIONAL
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ARTIFICIAL SELECTION LEADS TO _____ AND ______ RESULTS OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
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RAPID AND SUBSTANTIAL
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WHAT DOES FOSSIL MEAN IN LATIN?
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DUG UP
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THE _____ ______ IS THE MOST DIRECT EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION
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FOSSIL RECORD
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FOSSILS ARE NOT ALWAYS TURNED TO ____
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ROCK
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FOSSILIZATION IS RARE,THERE ARE ______ _______ FOR FOSSILIZATION TO OCCUR
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SPECIFIC CONDITIONS
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SOFTER ORGANISMS ARE LESS LIKELY TO _______
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FOSSILIZE
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BY ______ THE ROCKS IN WHICH FOSSILS OCCUR WE CAN GET AN ACCURATE IDEA OF HOW OLD THE FOSSILS ARE
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DATING
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IN DARWINS DAY,ROCKS WERE DATED BY THERE POSITION WITH RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER;ROCKS IN DEEPER STRATA ARE GENERALLY OLDER...THIS IS CALLED
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RELATIVE DATING
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______ DATING IS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF RADIOACTIVE DECAY TO AGE ROCKS
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ABSOLUTE
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____-____ IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR 1/2 OF THE ORIGINAL AMTTO BE TRANSFORMED
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HALF-LIFE
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THE CONSTANT PROBABAILITY OF DECAY IS MEASURED BY....
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HALF-LIFE
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THE FOSSIL RECORD AND ______ DATING DOCUMENT EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE OVER ENOURMOUS SPANS OF TIME
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RADIOMETRIC
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WHEN FOSSILS ARE ARRAYED FROM ______ TO ______ THEY SHOW EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTIONARY CHANGE
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OLDEST TO YOUNGEST
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THERE ARE GAPS IN THE ______ ______
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FOSSIL RECORD
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HORSES ARE CLASSIFIED IN THE GENUS _____
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EQUUS
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HORSES USED TO BE THE SIZE OF _____ _____
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HOUSE CATS
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HORSES TEETH USED TO BE ____ AND RELATIVELY SIMPLE IN ______
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SMALL;SHAPE
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WHAT 3 CHANGES ARE THERE IN HORSES?
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INCREASE IN SIZE,CHANGE IN LEG BONES,CHANGE IN TEETH
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HORSE EVOLUTION HAS NOT BEEN ______ THRU TIME
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CONSTANT
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FLIPPERS FLIPPER AND UR ARM
HORSES HOOF AND NAIL OF MIDDLE FINGER ARE EXAMPLES OF... |
HOMOLOGOUS STRUCTURES
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______ ______ EVOLVED AS MODIFICATIONS OF PREEXISTING STRUCTURES
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CONTEMPORARY
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THE FORELIMBS OF VERTEBRAES ARE _______ STRUCTURES
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HOMOLOGOUS
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______ STRUCTURES HAVE NO FUNCTION BUT RESEMBLE STRUCTURE THIER ANCESTORS HAD
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VESTIGIAL
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WIGGLING OF EARS IN HUMANS AND MAMMALS ARE EXAMPLES OF WUT KIND OF STRUCTURES?
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VESTIGIAL STRUCTURES
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______ ______ WHEN SELECTION HAS TENDED TO FAVOR CHANGES THAT MADE THE 2 GROUPS MORE ALIKE,THEIR PHENOTYPES HAVE CONVERGED
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CONVERGENT EVOLUTION
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GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF CONVERGENT EVOLUTON
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MARUPIAS AND PLACENTALS
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CACATUSES IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF ______ ______
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CONVERGENT EVOLUTION
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THE CACTUS,SPURGE AND MILKWEED FAMILIES ARE ONLY DISTANTLY RELATED WITHIN THE ______
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DICOTS
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EVOLUTION MAKES WORKABLE STRUCTURES THAT REFLECT THEIR HISTORY,NOT PERFECT ONE DESIGNED FROM SCRATCH.AN EXAMPLE OF...
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IMPERFECT STRUCTURES
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