Vocab

Question 1

Homolog

Answer 1

A homologous trait has the same developmental origin, not
necessarily the same final appearance or function

Question 2

Analog

Answer 2

Characteristics that serve the same function

Question 3

Homeoplasty

Answer 3

Characteristics that share similar appearance

Question 4

Monophyletic

Answer 4

A group which includes all its
derived groups

Question 5

Polyphyletic

Answer 5

ontains members of multiple
groups but not their common
ancestor(s).

Question 6

Paraphyletic

Answer 6

A group that does not include all
derived groups

Question 7

Adaptation

Answer 7

volutionary changes to a group over generations

Question 8

Acclimation

Answer 8

hanges to an individual over its lifetime in response to environmental
factors

Question 9

Pre-adaptation

Answer 9

Adaptations which provide the phenotypic variation necessary for the
later evolution of a trait. This is not anticipatory.

Question 10

Function

Answer 10

The function of a trait is what it does

Question 11

Role

Answer 11

How the function of a trait allows an organism to exploit its
environment

Question 12

Ontogeny

Answer 12

he developmental history of an organism

Question 13

Phylogeny

Answer 13

The evolutionary history of a species or group

Question 14

Closer to the common ancestral state

Answer 14

Basal, Primitive, Degenerate, Vestigial, Rudimentary

Question 15

Less similar to the common ancestral state

Answer 15

erived, Modified, Advanced, Specialized