Module 10

Question 1

is a concept of species in which a species is a set or organisms adapted to a particular set of resources called a niche in the environement

Answer 1

Ecological species concept

Question 2

defines a species as one or more population that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring but are reproductively isolated from other groups

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Biological species concept

Question 3

When two species are prevented from interbreeding we say that the species are

Answer 3

reproducively isolated

Question 4

the mineralized remains or impression of formerly living organisms

Answer 4

fossils

Question 5

a measure of how closely related two DNA molecules are to each other

Answer 5

DNA sequence similarity

Question 6

are features that organisms share because they have inherited them from a common ancestor

Answer 6

Homologous traits

Question 7

are traits that serve the same function but have different evolutionary origins

Answer 7

Analogous Traits

Question 8

types of traits that are inherited from a common ancestor but is no longer useful

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Vestigial Traits

Question 9

How an organism develops from a zygote into its full form at birth

Answer 9

Embryonic Development

Question 10

is one that represents a reversion to an ancestral state

Answer 10

Atavistic Trait