NS 1021A: Introduction to Biology: Organisms and the Environment

Test Review 2

July 21, 2008

You may bring one sheet of paper (8 1/2 x 11) with notes (one side only) to the test. No magnifiers allowed! You must make up your own sheet. Do not photocopy material from the book. If you attempt to include all the information on one sheet, you will spend more time looking for information than you do working on the test.

Format:

This in-class portion of the test will have 3 parts:

No notes question on Natural Selection. 15 points
Multiple choice. 2 points each, about 10 questions.
Short answer - a picture to label and/or data to analyze. 3-7 points each. About 2 questions.

Vocabulary and Concepts:

Charles Darwin
natural selection
evolution
Galapagos Islands
artificial selection
adaptive radiation
macroevolution
microevolution
adaptation
fossil
homologous structures
divergent evolution
vestigial structure

allele frequency

Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium

mutation

migration

genetic drift

founder effect

bottleneck effect

nonrandom mating

inbreeding

selection

artificial selection

natural selection

stabilizing selection

disruptive selection

directional selection

sickle cell anemia

heterozygous advantage

species

speciation

biological species concept

reproductive isolating mechanism

prezygotic isolating mechanism

postzygotic isolating mechanism