Review Flashcards
What is absolute dating?
Determine age through radio metric dating
Example of macroevolution
Wolves and dogs
Provide an example of microevolution
Black and white humans
Evolutionary fitness
One must be able to survive and reproduce.
What is divergent evolution?
Animals are closely related but have accumulated differences
What is convergent evolution?
Animals not closely related but independently evolve and have similar traits
Cladogram?
Diagram used to show relations between animals
Theory
System of ideas intended to explain something
Vestigial?
A trait with reduced function
Analogous
Trait shared but not related
Homologous
Trait grown together due to common ancestry
If a rock is only found in one place, what’s bad about it?
It’s not well distributed
What is relative dating?
To determine age of fossil by other fossils which the age is known