Evolution and Classification Vocabulary

What is natural selection?

• The choosing of individuals with preferred traits

• The theory that some individuals are better adapted to survive & reproduce

• A trait that allows an organism to better survive in its environment

• The passing of genes from one population to another

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What is fitness?

• The choosing of individuals with preferred traits

• A trait that allows an organism to better survive in its environment

• The passing of genes from one population to another

• How well-suited an organism is to survive in its environment

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What is artificial selection?

• A trait that allows an organism to better survive in its environment

• The theory that some individuals are better adapted to survive & reproduce

• The passing of genes from one population to another

• The choosing of individuals with preferred traits

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What is adaptation?

• The theory that some individuals are better adapted to survive & reproduce

• The passing of genes from one population to another

• The choosing of individuals with preferred traits

• A trait that allows an organism to better survive in its environment

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What is a species?

• A measure of the genetic differences in a population

• A group of organisms that can interbreed

• A group of one species in a certain place

• A set of all the alleles within a population

What is a population?

• A measure of the genetic differences in a population

• A set of all the alleles within a population

• A group of one species in a certain place

• A group of organisms that can interbreed

What is a gene pool?

• A group of organisms that can interbreed

• A set of all the alleles within a population

• A measure of the genetic differences in a population

• A group of one species in a certain place

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What is genetic variation?

• A set of all the alleles within a population

• A group of one species in a certain place

• A measure of the genetic differences in a population

• A group of organisms that can interbreed

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What is gene flow?

• The passing of genes from one population to another

• The arrangement of individuals with a polygenic trait into a bell curve

• A shift towards the intermediate phenotype

• A shift towards one extreme phenotype

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What is the Hardy-Weinberg Principle?

• A shift towards the intermediate phenotype

• Genetic variation will remain constant over generations if certain conditions are met

• The arrangement of individuals with a polygenic trait into a bell curve

• The passing of genes from one population to another

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