quiz 4/21

Question 1

fitness

Answer 1

an organism’s ability to pass its genetic material to its offspring

Question 2

adaption

Answer 2

an inherited trait that increases an organism’s chances of survival in its unique Environment

Question 3

natural selection

Answer 3

Organisms that are best adapted to an environment survive and reproduce more than others

Question 4

artificial selection

Answer 4

process by which humans modify a species by breeding it for certain traits

Question 5

vestigial structure

Answer 5

a physical characteristic in organisms that appears to have lost its original function as a species has changed over time.

Question 6

fossil

Answer 6

a record of the history of life on Earth

Question 7

macroevolution

Answer 7

larger changes over a much longer time scale

Question 8

microevolution

Answer 8

small changes over short periods of time

Question 9

species

Answer 9

a group of individuals that actually or potentially interbreed in naturet

Question 10

transitional fossil

Answer 10

a fossil that exhibits characteristics of both ancestral and derived forms

Question 11

common descent

Answer 11

all living organisms are related to one another

Question 12

4 steps to natural selection

Answer 12

vsco
variation , selection, competition ,overproduction

Question 13

vestigial organs

Answer 13

'’leftover’’ traces of evolution that serve no purpose

Question 14

3 pieces of evidence of evolution

Answer 14

vestigial organs, biogeography, fossil

Question 15

biogeography

Answer 15

study of distribution patterns of living organisms around the world