Unit 5 study guide

Question 1

definition of evolution

Answer 1

the process of granisms developing overtime

Question 2

bajau people

Answer 2

can hold their breath for a long time to dive for food

Question 3

Andes people

Answer 3

more red blood cells

Question 4

Himalayan people

Answer 4

breathe faster

Question 5

lactose persistence

Answer 5

most of the human population is lactose intolerant, but some places had lactose persistence and were able to survive in times of famine and stress

Question 6

evidence supporting evolution

Answer 6

Fossils, homologous and analogous structures, biogeography, early embryonic similarities

Question 7

homologous structures

Answer 7

Structures on related organisms but have different purposes

Question 8

analogous structures

Answer 8

Structures on unrelated organisms that have the same function

Question 9

convergent evolution

Answer 9

Organisms are not related and in 2 different areas of the world, but have similar environmental conditions so evolve the same

Question 10

divergent evolution

Answer 10

Started as one species but became more dissimilar overtime

Question 11

reproductive isolation

Answer 11

Behavioral, geographical, temporal

Question 12

define gene pool

Answer 12

A group of living organisms capable of interbreeding

Question 13

define phylogeny

Answer 13

Study of evolutionary history between organisms

Question 14

describe reproduvtive isolation

Answer 14

Behavioral- different mating behavior, geographical- something physically seperates them, temporal- timing separates them

Question 15

Lamarck’s ideas

Answer 15

Because he got people to consider that organisms can change