Evolution & Classification Review: Use the Word Bank Below to Complete the Following Statements

Evolution & Classification Review: Use the word bank below to complete the following statements or answer the questions. Each word will be used at least once. If a word can be used for more than one question then it appears the respective number of times in the word bank.

Hypotheses / Theories / Laws are usually most specific in their focus.
This step in the scientific method is broader, covering several related experiments.
______variables are those that the experimenter changes in an experiment.
______variables are those that change in response to the changes made by the experimenter.
This is a definition for______: This trait-based characteristic allows an organism to change within their lifetimes to fit environments when they themselves change.
This is a definition for______: This behavior-based characteristic allows an organism to change within their lifetimes to fit environments when they themselves change.
This is a definition for______: Inherited traits that improve an organism’s ability to reproduce.
This is a definition for______: This characteristic is developed through use and disuse and passed on to offspring.
The theory for the question above was developed by______.
Darwin called the process that creates newer, modified descendants of older, related fossils______.
______is the process by which populations change over time, sometimes forming new species.
These are 4 the requirements of evolution, referred to as the “Tenets of Evolution”. List them.
This Tenet is responsible for ensuring genetic information will be passed on to the next generation by increasing odds of surviving offspring in the organism’s favor.
This Tenet is a requirement of evolution because there needs to be differences among the members of a population.
A necessary component of evolution is based the fact that organisms must ______with other members of their population in order to survive.
This Tenet is responsible for ensuring offspring from successful parents will have similar traits.
This Tenet is responsible for selecting the best trait for survival from variations that occur in the population.
When a population becomes better suited to its environment over time it is called______.
When a person increases their red blood cell count when they travel to higher elevations they undergo ______.
When a wolf sheds their undercoat in the spring it is called an ______.
When a beaver builds a dam in a river to create an ecosystem it is called an ______.
The arm bones of humans, dogs, whales, and bats are built with the same bones, although they have been modified for the organism’s unique needs. These are called______.
The wings of birds, bats, and butterflies all allow the organisms’ structures to perform the same function (to fly) but they are built quite differently. These are called ______.
The evolutionary process that creates the features above is called ______.
These are the 6 categories for evidence in support of evolution.
______of different organisms look strikingly similar even though they develop into dramatically different adults.
______of similar organisms show a progression of traits in different-aged strata, supporting descent with modification.
Whales and snakes both have bones that appear in the same area where other animals have legs. These bones, much like human tail bones, are called ______.
______of organisms that are found in older strata are simpler than ______found in younger strata.
The ______defines a species as members of populations that actually or potentially interbreed in nature, not necessarily according to similarity of appearance.
The closer two organisms are related in evolution, the more similar their ______or _____ sequences are.
The ______concept defines a species as a group of organisms that can interbreed and have fertile offspring.
Evolutionary forces include the mutation of genes and ______, which is the movement of alleles into or out of a population.
In small populations, the frequency of an allele can be greatly changed by a chance event, such as a fire or landslide. This change in allele frequency is called ______.
If you were to plot the height of everyone in your class on a graph, the values would probably form a hill-shaped curve called a(n) ______.
Sometimes, individuals prefer to mate with others that live nearby or are of their own phenotype, a situation called ______.
Evolution at the level of genetic change is called ______.
When a species fails to produce any more descendants, ______occurs.
A population in which no genetic change is occurring is in a state of ______.
(Honors) We prove if genetic change is occurring by determining if ______equilibrium over many generations changes.
The divergence of multiple lineages into many new species in a specific area and time is called ______.
The particular combination of all alleles in a population at any one point in time makes up a(n) ______.
The study of changes in the numbers and types of alleles in populations is called ______.
A state in which two populations can no longer interbreed to produce future offspring is ______.
The accumulation of differences between populations is called ______.
The process of forming new species by evolution from preexisting species is called ______.
A force that separates one part of population from another is called a ______. This accounts for two or more species arising from one common ancestor.
A ______illustrates the phylogenic relationship between organisms based upon shared anatomical features.
The more ______between organisms implies closer phylogeny.
We can use three types of evidence to determine phylogeny; ______and ______homology.
The most inclusive taxonomical grouping is ______.
The most specific taxonomical grouping is ______.
The scientific name for an organism is based upon ______then ______.

Acclimation

Accommodation

Acquired characteristic

Adaptation

Adapting

Adaptive radiation

Analogous structures

Biochemistry

Biogeography

Biological species

Biological species concept

Cladogram

Compete

Convergent evolution

Dependent

Descent with modification

Developmentalbiology

Divergence

DNA

DNA, protein

Domain

Embryos

Evolution

Fossil record

Fossils

Gene flow

Gene pool

Genetic drift

Genetic equilibrium

Genus

Hardy Weinberg

Heredity

Homologousstructures

Homologous structures

Homology

Hypotheses

Independent

Lamarck

Microevolution

Natural selection

Naturalselection

Naturalselection observed

Non-random mating or sexual selection

Overproduction

Population genetics

Proteins

Reproductive isolation

Speciation

Species

Standard distribution

Theory

Trait

Variation

Vestigial structures