Chapter 11: Biodiversity

Question 1

He observed that the layers of soil revealed a succession of different life form, his idea came to be known as Principle of catastrophism

Answer 1

Cuvier

Question 2

Population grow faster than their food supply

Answer 2

Malthus

Question 3

Inheritance of acquired the characteristics influenced by an organisms environment

Answer 3

Lamarck

Question 4

This refers to any change, an organism undergoes that help it thrive in its environment

Answer 4

Adaptation

Question 5

This assumes that organism with traits that are well suited to the environment are more likely to survive

Answer 5

Natural selection

Question 6

This is how well an organism traits can function in a specific environment

Answer 6

Fitness

Question 7

This are reduced forms of formerly functional structure. In humans, some of the vestigial structures, or the appendix, tailbone and wisdom teeth among others.

Answer 7

Vestigial structures

Question 8

Refers to the geographical and temporal distribution of organisms on earth

Answer 8

Bio geography

Question 9

Defined as a group of organisms with the same number of chromosomes, and can be interbreed

Answer 9

Species

Question 10

This occurs when geographic barrier separates the population population of a species for a long. Period.

Answer 10

Allopatric speciation

Question 11

Occurs even without a geographical barrier

Answer 11

Sympatric specification