Unit 4 Test Review 24-25

Front

What is the process by which individuals with favorable variations survive and reproduce?

Back

Natural Selection

Front

What type of natural selection favors intermediate phenotypes?

Back

Stabilizing Selection

Front

What are structures that share a common ancestry but may have different functions called?

Back

Homologous Structures

Front

What is the term for the change in heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations?

Back

Evolution

Front

What is the phenomenon where bacteria develop resistance to antibiotics called?

Back

Antibiotic Resistance

Front

What type of selection occurs when extreme phenotypes are favored over intermediate ones?

Back

Disruptive Selection

Front

What is the term for the process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring?

Back

Survival of the Fittest

Front

What do we call the remnants of structures that had a function in an early ancestor?

Back

Vestigial Structures

Front

What is the term for the study of the geographical distribution of living organisms?

Back

Biogeography

Front

What is the term for the gradual change in species over time?

Back

Descent with Modification