BIOS 195 3rd Lecture Exam

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BIOS 195 3rd Lecture Exam

  • Microevolution
  • –Answer Small-scale changes in gene frequencies, happens in a few generations within species/populations.

  • Microevolution
  • –Answer Small evolutionary changes which are observable and can be tested through experiments (experimental evidence). Less controversial

  • Macroevolution
  • –Answer Large-scale changes in gene frequencies that occurs over a longer period of time to above level of species.

  • Macroevolution
  • –Answer An extended microevolution which is identified in fossil evi- dence. More controversial

  • Mass Extinction
  • –Answer occurs constantly which causes wiping out of ecosystems, disruption of energy flow, and collapse of food webs

  • Large-scale volcanism, asteroid impact, climate change
  • –Answer What are the causes of mass extinction?

  • Ordovician-Silurian Extinction
  • –Answer 86% loss of life; glaciation and heating event; plant life removed CO2 from the air causing global cooling and glacier formation

  • Late Devonian Extinction
  • –Answer 1 / 2

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75% loss of life; terrestrialization of plants resulted in the consumption of oxygen by algal blooms, leading to suffocation. Glaciation and a fall in sea level occurred, leading to habitat loss

  • Permian-Triassic Extinction
  • –Answer 96% life lost; Volcanic activity led to massive amounts of CO2. Bacteria began to thrive on CO2, producing methane, making the oceans and rain acidic (toxic environment)

  • Triassic-Jurassic Extinction
  • –Answer 80% life lost; Volcanic eruptions spewed tons of CO2, trapping heat and acidification of the ocean.

  • Cretaceous-Paleogene Extinction
  • –Answer A mass disaster caused by an asteroid that struck the earth approximately 66 million years ago and killed 75% of life on Earth, including all terrestrial dinosaurs.

  • Holocene Extinction
  • –Answer Currently happening; Caused by anthropogenic activity.

  • Provided ecological opportunities for organisms (new habitat); rapid evo- lution making
  • new species –Answer What are the effects of mass extinction

  • adaptive radiation
  • –Answer Diversification due to new ecological niches; New lineages have different adaptations compared to their common ancestor

  • Divergent evolution
  • –Answer when two or more species sharing a common ancestor become more different over time

16. TRUE

–Answer True or False

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SUBSCRIBE BIOS 195 3rd Lecture Exam 1. Microevolution –Answer Small-scale changes in gene frequencies, happens in a few generations within species/populations. 2. Microevolution –Answer Small e...

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