Unit #4 Evolution

Question 1

Define Evolution

Answer 1

The process that explains how current organisms developed and how they continue to develop

Question 2

Charles Darwin

Answer 2

Naturalist that proposed the theory of evolution

Question 3

Charles Lyell

Answer 3

Believed formation of Earth’s crust happened through small changes and took vast periods time, introduced deep time

Question 4

Insecticide resistance

Answer 4

Decreasing effectiveness of pesticides against pests that could previously be controlled with these pesticides

Question 5

MRSA

Answer 5

Caused by a type of bacteria that has become resistant to many antibiotics

Question 6

Bajau People

Answer 6

Can hold breath for far extended periods of time to hunt underwater for fish

Question 7

Andes People

Answer 7

Enhancing blood flow to the lungs with wider blood vessels, better oxygen usage

Question 8

Himalayan People

Answer 8

Breath more rapidly and wider blood vessels

Question 9

Jean Baptiste Lamarck’s hypotheses

Answer 9

1. Use vs disuse
2. Acquired traits are inheritable

Question 10

Phylogeny

Answer 10

Study of evolutionary history

Question 11

Types of reproductive separation

Answer 11

Geographic, behavioral, and temporal

Question 12

Natural Selection

Answer 12

The reason some organisms are more fit to survive an environment than others

Question 13

Homologous Structures

Answer 13

Similar features in different organisms that share a common ancestor

Question 14

Convergent/divergent evolution

Answer 14

C- Independent species develop similar features
D- Varying species evolve from single common ancestor

Question 15

Cladogram

Answer 15

Diagrams that show relationships between groups and taxa