Natural selection has been a key focus of our course. We have examined many scenarios in which it has shaped populations.  1) Define natural selection.  2) There are three key “ingredients” required in order for natural selection to occur in a population. Name them.

There are 20 amino acids that comprise proteins.  Which of the following differs from one amino acid to another?  

FREE POINTS!  a) What was your favorite evolutionary story in this unit and why?  b) We are a little more than halfway through the course. Do you have any feedback you would like to provide to me regarding things that are going well AND/OR things that you would like changed?

  How did Captain Cook’s voyages to Australia reflect Enlightenment ideas?  

  What was the benefit to the Spanish crown of an encomienda?  

The is the smallest biological unit that evolves. 

  Which of the following was explained by Newton’s Principia Mathematica?  

Provide a biological definition of evolution. 

German priest who rejected several teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. His proposal of an academic discussion about his disputes with the church (like the practices of indulgences) in his 95 Theses of 1517 ultimately led to the break up of the church and new Christian denominations was called the 

Which of the following is an assumption of the Hardy–Weinberg model?