Chapter 10 Vocabulary

Question 0

Adaption

Answer 0

An inherited trait that is selected over time because it allows an organism to better survive in its environment.

Question 1

Variation

Answer 1

the difference in the physical traits of an individual from those of other individuals in the group to which it belongs.

Question 2

Artificial Selection

Answer 2

process by which humans modify a species by breeding it for certain traits.

Question 3

Heritability

Answer 3

is the ability of a trait to be passed down from one generation to the next.

Question 4

Natural Selection

Answer 4

a mechanism by which individuals that have inherited beneficial adaptations produce more offspring on average than do other individuals.

Question 5

Population

Answer 5

all the individuals of a species that live in an area.

Question 6

Fitness

Answer 6

a measure of the ability to survive and produce more offspring relative to other members of the population in a given environment.

Question 7

Biogeography

Answer 7

the study of the distribution of organisms around the world.

Question 8

Homologous Structures

Answer 8

similar in structure appear in different organisms and have different functions.

Question 9

Analogous Structures

Answer 9

similar in function as a body part of another organism but is structurally different.

Question 10

Vestigial structures

Answer 10

are remnants of organs or structures that had a function in an early ancestor.