Chapter 22

Question 0

Catastrophism

Answer 0

Principle that events in the occurred suddenly that don’t usually happen today

Question 1

Fossils

Answer 1

Traces of organisms that Darwin used to see common ancestry

Question 2

Uniformitarianism

Answer 2

Mechanisms of change are constant over time

Question 3

Natural selection

Answer 3

Individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates because of those traits

Question 4

Artificial Selection

Answer 4

Selecting and breeding individuals that posses a desired trait

Question 5

Homology

Answer 5

Resulting from a common ancestor

Question 6

Homologous Structures

Answer 6

Anatomical resemblance that show a structural theme with variations which point to a common ancestor

Question 7

Vestigial Structures

Answer 7

Remnants of features that served important functions in the organism’s ancestors

Question 8

Convergent evolution

Answer 8

Independent evolution of similar features in different lineages

Question 9

Analogus

Answer 9

Similar function but not common ancestry ( convergent evolution)

Question 10

Biogeography

Answer 10

Geographic distribution of a species affected by continental drift

Question 11

Endemic species

Answer 11

Found nowhere else in the world