species correct answers A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring is called
One of the first people to identify evolution and natural selection in biology was: correct answers Charles Darwin
Vertebrates correct answers animals that have a backbone
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species correct answers A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring is
called
One of the first people to identify evolution and natural selection in biology was: correct answers
Charles Darwin
Vertebrates correct answers animals that have a backbone
Macroevolution correct answers large-scale evolutionary changes that take place over long
periods of time
Cytoplasm correct answers the portion of the cell outside the nucleus
Who is credited with the concept of the inheritance of acquired characteristics? Jean-Baptiste
Lamarck correct answers Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Who is known for figuring out the fundamental principles of how traits are inherited? correct
answers Mendel
In order for a mutation to be passed on to offspring the mutation must occur in a: correct answers
gamete
What is an individual's actual genetic make-up (or genetic code) called? correct answers
genotype
What is an individual's physical expression of their genetic make-up called? correct answers
phenotype
Who established a binomial system of classification for plants and animals? correct answers
Linnaeus
___________________ wrote the highly praised Principles of Geology in which was emphasized
the principle of uniformitarianism. correct answers Charles Lyell
The principle of _______________ stated that the geological processes that operated in the past
are still occurring in the present correct answers Uniformitarianism
____________ is the change in allele frequencies produced by random factors in a small
population. correct answers Genetic Drift
All new alleles for a gene ultimately result from which evolutionary mechanism? correct answers
Mutation
, The fact that birds and bats both have wings and developed them through independent
evolutionary lineages is called? correct answers Analogy/Homoplasy
What is the term for the philosophy of "race improvement" through the forced sterilization of
some groups and the encouraged reproduction of others? correct answers eugenics
When a disease is continuously present in a population it is said to be________ correct answers
endemic
Structural similarities shared by species that are acquired by descent from a common ancestor are
correct answers homologies
What is the term for the rapid expansion and diversification of groups of organisms into newly
available ecological niches? correct answers adaptive radiation
__________________ proposed that population size increases at a faster rate than food supplies.
correct answers Thomas Malthus
What is type AB blood an example of? correct answers codominance
What are structural similarities between species that are based on common function and not on
common evolutionary descent called? correct answers analogies/homoplasy
What type of allele with the ability to mask or hide the expression of a recessive allele correct
answers dominant
_________________ is a type of evolutionary mechanism that is associated with migration.
correct answers gene flow
What is an individual with TWO identical copies of the same gene. correct answers homozygote
What is an individual with two different copies of the same gene. correct answers heterozygote
What are the alternate forms of a gene? correct answers allele
What protects us from ultraviolet radiation? correct answers melanin
What key vitamin do we need to prevent birth defects that we can get from exposure to sunlight?
(and helps explain lighter skin in northern climes) correct answers vitamin d
What is the rule that helps determine body type shape based on climate being hot or cold? correct
answers Bergmann's rule
What is the rule that helps determine limb length based on climate being hot or cold? correct
answers Allen's rule
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