Chapter 15 Flashcards
1
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who wrote “On the Origin of Species”
A
Charles Darwin
2
Q
survival of the fittest
A
natural selection
3
Q
make us less or more fit for the environment
A
adaptations
4
Q
inherited ___ has to exist within the genes of every population according to Darwin
A
variation
5
Q
film of carbon remain after other elements of an organism have decayed
A
imprints
6
Q
created by the impression of a shape/rock
A
mold
7
Q
sediment fills in a cavity left by a fossil
A
cast
8
Q
organisms that are similar in structure had a ___ ___
A
common ancestor
9
Q
structures that are embryologically similar and functionally different
A
homologous structures
10
Q
structures that are embryologically different but function the same
A
analogous organs
11
Q
structures that are seemingly functionless
A
vestigal structure
