Exam 3 Study Guide PDF

**Exam 3 Study Guide** **Chapter 11** - Explain how the behaviors displayed by animals are shaped by natural selection and are performed in an attempt to increase fitness. - Compare and contrast learned and innate behaviors. - Discuss how kin selection and reciprocal altruism lead to b...

**Exam 3 Study Guide** **Chapter 11** - Explain how the behaviors displayed by animals are shaped by natural selection and are performed in an attempt to increase fitness. - Compare and contrast learned and innate behaviors. - Discuss how kin selection and reciprocal altruism lead to behaviors that appear to be completely altruistic. - Explain how altruistic behaviors can be predicted. - Characterize the factors that contribute to an individual's inclusive fitness. - Explain the four types of female choosiness in selecting mates. - Explain how sexual dimorphism in animals can be an indicator of parental investment. **Chapter 12** - Define life. - What are the two types of reproductive isolation? - Explain how to identify and name a species. - What is the biological species concept? - What is allopatric speciation? Sympatric speciation? - Explain the purpose of a phylogenic tree and what it can demonstrate. - Define the difference between analogous traits and homologous features. - Explain how adaptive radiation and extinction impacts evolution. - What is the difference between mass and background extinctions? - What the three domains of life as described by Woese? **Chapter 13** - Can you describe the three characteristics that define all animals? - Describe the criteria used to classify animals into various phyla. - Explain the features that define an animal's evolutionary success. - Compare and contrast the features of vertebrates and invertebrates. - Describe example species and adaptations of each major animal phylum. - Explain the unique adaptations seen within the invertebrate groups. - Discuss the unique characteristics that have led to the evolutionary success of the arthropods. - Describe the four adaptations needed by terrestrial vertebrates. - Discuss the characteristic structures associated with the chordates.