Bio Ch15&16 Adaptations, Natural Selection, & Speciation Things to Know Vocabulary to know (must define for full bonus points) Acquired Characteristics Evolution Mutation Adaptation Gene pool Natural Selection Analogous Structures Genetic Drift Phenotype Artificial Selection/Selective Breeding Genetic Equilibrium Population Convergent Evolution Genotype Reproductive Isolation Directional selection Geographic Isolation Speciation Disruptive selection Fitness Stabilizing Selection Divergent Evolution Homologous Structures Temporal Isolation Inherited Characteristics Vestigial Structure Concepts to Understand Part I Natural Selection Darwin Background and Influences What did James Hutton and Charles Lyell add to Darwin’s understanding? Jean-Baptiste Lamarck had some right ideas and some wrong. List two of each. What is the difference between acquired and inherited characteristics? Who was Thomas Malthus and how did his theories relate to Darwin’s? Where did Darwin go and when? What was the name of his ship? What was the title of Darwin’s book and when was it published? What did Alfred Russell Wallace have to do with Darwin publishing his book? B. Darwin’s Finches Describe how Natural Selection helps species adapt to their environment. Compare Darwin’s finches to those on mainland South America. What structural adaptation did see among finches in the different islands? What did Darwin mean by of the Fittest”? “Survival
Bio Ch15&16 Adaptations, Natural Selection, & Speciation Things to Know Vocabulary to know (must define for full bonus points) Acquired Characteristics Adaptation Analogous Structures Artificial Selection/Selective Breeding Convergent Evolution Directional selection Disruptive selection Divergent Evolution Evolution Gene pool Genetic Drift Genetic Equilibrium Genotype Geographic Isolation Fitness Homologous Structures Inherited Characteristics Mutation Natural Selection Phenotype Population Reproductive Isolation Speciation Stabilizing Selection Temporal Isolation Vestigial Structure Concepts to Understand Part I Natural Selection Darwin Background and Influences What did James Hutton and Charles Lyell add to Darwin’s understanding? Jean-Baptiste Lamarck had some right ideas and some wrong. List two of each. What is the difference between acquired and inherited characteristics? Who was Thomas Malthus and how did his theories relate to Darwin’s? Where did Darwin go and when? What was the name of his ship? What was the title of Darwin’s book and when was it published? What did Alfred Russell Wallace have to do with Darwin publishing his book? B. Darwin’s Finches Describe how Natural Selection helps species adapt to their environment. Compare Darwin’s finches to those on mainland South America. What structural adaptation did see among finches in the different islands? What did Darwin mean by “Survival of the Fittest”?
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