AP Bio Evolution Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions

AP Bio Evolution Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions evolution - Answer️️ -the change in a population's inherited traits from generation to generation natural selection - Answer️️ -the evolutionary process by which favorable traits that are heritable become more common in successive generations evolutionary adaptations - Answer️️ -inherited traits further developed through evolution gradualism - Answer️️ -the slow, gradual steps of change uniformitarianism - Answer️️ -the philosophy of science that believes that the natural processes operating now are doing so at the same rate as in the past artificial selection - Answer️️ -the intentional breeding of certain characteristics over others homology - Answer️️ -any similarity between structures due to shared ancestry homologous structures - Answer️️ -any structures that are sismilar due to shared ancestry vestigial organs - Answer️️ -anatomical structures of organisms in a species which have lost much or all of their original function due to evolution ©SOPHIABENNETT EXAM SOLUTIONS_2024/2025 Tuesday, September 3, 2024 10:30 AM Page | 2 phylogeny - Answer️️ -the study of evolutionary relatedness among various groups of organisms population - Answer️️ -the collection of people or organisms of a particular species living in a given geographic area or space species - Answer️️ -one of the basic units of biological classification Hardy-Weinberg Theorum - Answer️️ -a relationship between the frequencies of alleles and the genotype of a population Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium - Answer️️ -when alleles are in perfect Hardy-Weinberg proportion Hardy-Weinberg equation - Answer️️ -p²+2pq+q²=1 macroevolution - Answer️️ -evolution that occurs at or above the species level bottleneck effect - Answer️️ -an evolutionary event in which a significant percentage of a population or species is killed or otherwise prevented from reprodu