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The era for mammals and flowering plants is called? |
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Human tail bone is a example of what time of evidence for evolution? |
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Same triplet DNA code in all organisms is an example of _____ evidence for evolutin? |
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The absence of rabbits in South America is an example of _______ evidence for evolution? |
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The presence of gill pouches in all verterbrates is an example of__________ evidence for evolution? |
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_____ explains why coastlines of several continents are mirror images of each other? |
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If the frequency of a dominant gene is 80%, what is the frequency of the recessive gene in the population? |
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The majority of fossils are embedded in ___ rocks? |
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Leg of a man and fin of a dolphin have similar anatomy but different function. This is a example of ___? |
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The movement of alleles between by migration is called? |
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If the genitalia are unsuitable to one another, the reproductive isolating mechanism is called? |
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According to _____ model, evolution occured very slowly and gradually. |
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When a tiger and a lion mate, they produce an offspring called tiglon are often weak and unhealthy. What kind of barrier is this? |
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When fruit flies of 2 particular species are crossed in a lab the offspring is sterile. What kind of barrier is this? |
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Blackjack oaks grows in dry woodlands and scrub oask grows in dry rocky areas. Pollon of one species seldom pollinate the other. What kind of barrier is this? |
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A flower has 18 chromosomes. Non disjunction occurs and diploid gametes are formed. What is this called? |
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According to the ______ model, evolution occurs in spurts. Species evolve relatively rapidly then remain unchanged for long periods. |
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new species arise within same georgraphic area |
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Bullock's oriole and the Baltimore oriole are closely related but are they the same species? How can you find out? |
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Can they mate and produce viable offspring |
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Why can prokaryotes adapt to changes in the environment by the means of mutation alone? |
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In evolutionary terms, an organisms fitness is measured by? |
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how well it can pass on its genes to the next generation. |
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Southern land mass produced when Pangea broke up is called? |
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When plates move past each other they cause? |
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When plates move toward each other they cause? |
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volcanoes and mountain building |
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In whagt era, organisms moved from water to land? |
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First life forms were seen in what era? |
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Whaf evidence most strongly suggests that an impact by an asteriod may have caused the extinction of dinosaurs? |
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presence of Iridium in those rock layers |
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What equation is used in Hardy-Weinberg law? |
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__________ provides the raw material for evolutionary change? |
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Inbreeding is a example of ____________ which violates the Hardy Veinburg law. |
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First bacteria had what kind of nucleic acid? |
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Stimulates milk secrections by the mammary glands? |
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promotes development of breasts in females during puberty |
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Regulates sugar intake by the cells of the body |
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helps regulate the amount of calcium in the blood |
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aids in increasing blood sugar if it falls too low |
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aids in decreasing body loss from the body |
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aids in decreasing body loss from the body |
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helps to maintain the uterus |
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