Evolution

Question 1

Charles Darwin

Answer 1

Creator of the theory of evolution

Question 2

James Hutton

Answer 2

Introduced deep space

Question 3

Natural Selection

Answer 3

Traits more suited to the environment are passed down to the next generation as the parents can survive and reproduce

Question 4

Evidence of evolution

Answer 4

Fossil records, homologous body structures, early embryonic development (many vertebrae look similar), genetics and molecular biology (similar genetic code), Biogeography (where organisms lived in the past vs now).

Question 5

Homologous Structures

Answer 5

Basic structures appear in different but related organisms with different purposes

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Analogous Structures

Answer 6

Body structures serve similar purposes, but don’t share structure

Question 7

Vestigial Organs

Answer 7

Inherited organs that have lost their function and size

Question 8

Convergent Evolution

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Species living on different continents with different ancestors living under similar conditions look similar

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Divergent Evolution

Answer 9

2 or more related species become more dissimliar, can result in new species

Question 10

Three types of reproductive isolation

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behavioral, geographical, and temporal

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Species

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When two populations won’t mate and produce fertile offspring

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Gene pool

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Members of a population interbreed and share a gene pool

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Sources of genetic varitation

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mutation, genetic recombination, lateral gene transfer

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Phylogeny

Answer 14

The study of evolutionary history of lineages or organisms

Question 15

Clade

Answer 15

Group of species that includes a single common ancestry and descendants.

Question 16

Charles Lyell

Answer 16

Proposed that geological processes happen today, erosion and volcanic activity