Adv Bio Evolution Vocab

Type of evolution where organisms have the same traits because they live in the same place

• Natural Selection

• Convergent Evolution

• Divergent Evolution

• Microevolution

Type of evolution where individuals of the same species develop different traits because they live in different places.

• Natural Selection

• Convergent Evolution

• Divergent Evolution

• Microevolution

Type of natural selection where one extreme version of the trait is favored.

• Directional Selection

• Stabilizing Selection

• Disruptive Selection

Type of natural selection where both extreme versions of the trait are favored.

• Directional Selection

• Stabilizing Selection

• Disruptive Selection

Type of natural selection where the middle version of the trait is favored.

• Directional Selection

• Stabilizing Selection

• Disruptive Selection

Which type of genetic drift includes individuals breaking away from the population and forming their own somewhere else?

• Bottleneck Effect

• Adaptation

• Gradualism

• Founder Effect

Which type of genetic drift includes a natural disaster taking out most of the population, leaving only a few behind.

• Bottleneck Effect

• Adaptation

• Gradualism

• Founder Effect

Evolution that happens on a small scale, usually within a single species

• Microevolution

• Catastrophism

• Gradualism

• Macroevolution

The culmination of all the evolutionary changes that happens over a longer period of time.

• Microevolution

• Catastrophism

• Gradualism

• Macroevolution

Changes to the alleles in a population over time

• Gene Pool

• Bottleneck Effect

• Evolution

• Founder Effect