1: Who was Charles Darwin? What is he famous for?
Charles Darwin is the first scientist that gave us a mechanism that told us how evolution especially adaptation occurs
2: What is evolution?
Changes to the gene pool
3: What is the gene pool? What are alleles?
Gene pool is a combination of all the genes in a population. Alleles are different variety in a population
4: What is natural selection? What does it mean to have high “fitness”?
Determines on how you look and how fit you are (adapted)
5: How do we get new characteristics in organisms?
Mutation and reproduction
6: How else do we get genetic variability (variety) in organisms?
Selection and adaptation
7: Explain the story of the Peppered Moth. How is this an example of natural selection?
The Peppered Moth has to different variety which are the light and dark phenotype. The light phenotype can camouflage and because of that it has a high fitness since it will have a better chance of surviving. During the industrial revolution there was so much making things darker in the environment which means that the light moths did not have high fitness since it was harder for them so camouflage
8: What is the equation for Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium?
P^2 + 2Pq + q^2 = 1
9: What are adaptations?
When organisms are selected
10: What is the best definition of natural selection? (explain.)
Differential reproductive success, random selection
Charles Darwin is the first scientist that gave us a mechanism that told us how evolution especially adaptation occurs
2: What is evolution?
Changes to the gene pool
3: What is the gene pool? What are alleles?
Gene pool is a combination of all the genes in a population. Alleles are different variety in a population
4: What is natural selection? What does it mean to have high “fitness”?
Determines on how you look and how fit you are (adapted)
5: How do we get new characteristics in organisms?
Mutation and reproduction
6: How else do we get genetic variability (variety) in organisms?
Selection and adaptation
7: Explain the story of the Peppered Moth. How is this an example of natural selection?
The Peppered Moth has to different variety which are the light and dark phenotype. The light phenotype can camouflage and because of that it has a high fitness since it will have a better chance of surviving. During the industrial revolution there was so much making things darker in the environment which means that the light moths did not have high fitness since it was harder for them so camouflage
8: What is the equation for Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium?
P^2 + 2Pq + q^2 = 1
9: What are adaptations?
When organisms are selected
10: What is the best definition of natural selection? (explain.)
Differential reproductive success, random selection