F24 Skills Flashcard #17 Evolution

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What is the only organism without jaws?

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Hagfish

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What does the Latin root 'Macro' mean?

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Large

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What is a Gene Pool?

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The combined alleles of all individuals in a population; all of the possible genes available.

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What is Evolution?

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The process of biological change that makes descendants differ from their ancestors.

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What does 'Grad' mean?

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Step, take steps.

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What is Adaptation?

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A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.

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What is Genetic Drift?

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A change in the frequency of an existing gene variant in a population due to random sampling.

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What are Vestigial Structures?

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Body parts that have lost their original function through evolution.

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What is Natural Selection?

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The process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

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What is Speciation?

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The formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution.