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Ch. 5 Evolution of Biodiversity

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What is a reasonable estimate for the number of species currently alive on the planet

Answer:10 million

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The physical expression of an organism’s genes is called its …

Answer:Phenotype

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Which measure of biodiversity takes into account the number of species present and the relative abundance of the species present?

Answer:Shannon-Weiner index

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Answer:1. True2. True3. False

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T or F genetic variation decreases in the following

1. Bottleneck effect2. Genetic drift3. Mutation

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1. Species richness and species evenness.

2. polyploidy

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1.What measurements are used to measure diversity within an ecosystem?

2.When does sympatric speciation occur?

An _______ is a trait that improves that individual’s fitness for an environment.

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Adaptation

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What occurs when a small group from a population colonizes a new area?

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Founder effect

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A flower with red petals produces purple petals, this is most likely the result of…

Answer:A genetic mutation

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Answer:Bottleneck effect

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When a population suddenly reduces in size either from habitat loss, natural disaster or other changes in the environment, its genetic variation is affected. This is known as…

Answer:1. False2. False3. True

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T or F is NOT an example of geographic isolation

1. Founder effect2. Allopatric speciation3. Sympatric speciation

Approximately what percentage of species that have lived on the planet is thought to be extinct?

Answer:99%

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In a small population, when genotypes are lost by chance it is called…

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Genetic Drift

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Give an example of artificial selection.

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Dog breeding, horse breeding

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Answer:1. True2. True3. True

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T or F Evolution occurs in the following1. Natural selection2. Genetic drift3. Artificial selection

Answer:1. Phylogenetic tree

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1. this diagram is known as…

2. which structure is the most primitive?

A variety of genes within a species is called its …

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Genetic diversity

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What is most significant when determining the diversity of an ecosystem

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Number of species present

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Which two scientist are credited with developing the theory of evolution by natural selection?

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Darwin and Wallace

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A population of rabbits with typical variations of traits lives in a meadow with a depression running through the middle. Over time, the depression fills in with water and becomes a river, separating the one population into two. This is an example of….Answer:Allopatric speciation (geographic isolation)

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1. False

2. True

3. True

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1. T or F All mutations are harmful.

2. T or F Phenotype can be affected by the environment

3. T or F Niche specialist are most vulnerable to environmental change

Answer:• …

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Define limnetic, littoral, benthic and profundal zones.

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