module 4 (part 2)

Question 1

homologus characteristics

Answer 1

similar ancestry

Question 2

analogus characteristics

Answer 2

similar function

ex: flying things

Question 3

homoplasious characteristics

Answer 3

similar appearance

Question 4

why dont penguins and olar bears co-exist?

Answer 4

because if the history of their biogeographical distribuition?

Question 5

what is most primitive bear

Answer 5

cephalogale in Europe and moved to asia - which is why you see them there now from land bridges

Question 6

convergent evolution

Answer 6

suggest similar environments leads to similar evolution

Question 7

natural evolution

Answer 7

appears to have favoured parallel evolutionary adaptations in similar environments ex: succlent plants cactus

Question 8

what is an adaptation?

Answer 8

trait evoloved over time that increases the exected long-term reproductive success of the organism

Question 9

polymorphism

Answer 9

multipul color or pattern variations from the same species