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5 Written Questions

1. principle that says geological structure of the earth resuited from cycles of observetable processes and that the same process operate continually through time
2. small scale modifications that occur over short periods and result in a change in gene frequency within a population
3. A procedure for comparing the amount of a radioactive isotope and its decay product to determine the age of a geologic specimen
4. all the genes for all of the traits in a population
5. a type of natural selection in which individuals with two extreme forms of a trait have an advantage

5 Matching Questions

1. Sexual Selection
2. Radioactive Dating
3. Speciation
4. Convergent Evolution
5. Hardy-Weinberg Principle

1. a the process by which unrelated species become more similar as they adapt to the same kind of environment
2. b the preferential choice of a mate based on a specific phenotypic trait
3. c principle stating the stability of gene frequencies across generations
4. d A method of determining the age of an object by measuring the amount of a specific radioactive isotope it contains
5. e the formation of a new species

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. structures that are similar in appearance and function but have different ancestral origin
   1. Adaptation
   2. Homologous
   3. Vestigial
   4. Analogous
2. an inherited trait that increases an organisms chance of survival in a particular environment
   1. Coevolution
   2. Speciation
   3. Adaptation
   4. Evolution
3. a measurement of the ability of a species to respond to the pressures of natural selection and produce the most viable offspring
   1. Fitness
   2. Analogous
   3. Gene Pool
   4. Vestigial
4. a theory that speciation occurs during brief periods of rapid genetic change
   1. Genetic Equilibrium
   2. Mass Extinction
   3. Punctuated Equilibrium
   4. Sexual Selection
5. descent with modification
   1. Coevolution
   2. Speciation
   3. Evolution
   4. Macroevolution

5 True/False Question

1. Adaptive Radiation → an evolutionary pattern in which many species evolve from a single ancestral species
   

   True        False

2. Macroevolution → small scale modifications that occur over short periods and result in a change in gene frequency within a population
   

   True        False

3. Vestigial → name of the functionless structure that was functional in an ancestral species
   

   True        False

4. Genetic Equilibrium → alternate forms of a trait have equal frequencies ex. p=50% q=50%
   

   True        False

5. Homologous → similar feature originated in a shared ancestor
   

   True        False