Evolution Part 1

Question 1

evolution

Answer 1

the theory that life changes into different life over time

Question 2

Variation

Answer 2

different traits within a species

Question 3

Adaption

Answer 3

the desirable traits survive from generation to generation causing a species to be adapted to it’s new environment.

Question 4

Fitness

Answer 4

the ability to survive based on traits

Question 5

Vestigial structure

Answer 5

unused bodily structures that diminish in size over time

Question 6

Analogous structure

Answer 6

similar structures in different species that do the same thing but have evolved in different species

Question 7

Homologous structure

Answer 7

same organ or bone that appears in different species

Question 8

Convergent evolution

Answer 8

when two species that don’t have a common ancestor have similar traits

Question 9

Divergent evolution

Answer 9

when two species have a common ancestor

Question 10

Speciation

Answer 10

the formation of new species in the course of evolution

Question 11

Coevolution

Answer 11

the influence closely associated species have on one another

Question 12

punctuated equilibrium

Answer 12

the hypothesis that evolutionary development is marked by rapid, isolated episodes of speciation between long periods of little/no change

Question 13

Gradualism

Answer 13

the hypothesis that evolution occurs with gradual changes over time