Word Roots Chs. 22-24

Question 1

Bio

Answer 1

Life

Question 2

Geo

Answer 2

The Earth

Question 3

End

Answer 3

Within

Question 4

Homo

Answer 4

Like, resembling

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Paleo

Answer 5

Ancient

Question 6

Vestigi

Answer 6

Trace

Question 7

Inter

Answer 7

Between

Question 8

Intra

Answer 8

Within

Question 9

Micro

Answer 9

Small

Question 10

Muta

Answer 10

Change

Question 11

Auto

Answer 11

Self

Question 12

Poly

Answer 12

Many

Question 13

Macro

Answer 13

Large

Question 14

Post

Answer 14

After

Question 15

Sym

Answer 15

Together

Question 16

Patri

Answer 16

Father

Question 17

Biogeography

Answer 17

The study of the past and present distribution of species

Question 18

Endemic

Answer 18

A type of species that is found only in one region and nowhere else in the world

Question 19

Homology

Answer 19

Similarity in characteristics resulting from a shared ancestry

Question 20

Paleontology

Answer 20

The scientific study of fossils

Question 21

Vestigial organs

Answer 21

Structures of marginal, if any, importance to an organism, historical remnants of structures that had important functions in ancestors.

Question 22

Intersexual selection

Answer 22

Individuals of one sex are choosy in selecting their mates from individuals of the other sex, also called mate choice

Question 23

Intrasexual selection

Answer 23

A direct competition among individuals of one sex for mates of the opposite sex

Question 24

Microevolution

Answer 24

A change in the gene pool of a population over a succession of generations

Question 25

Mutation

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A change in the DNA of genes that ultimately creates genetic diversity

Question 26

Autopolyploid

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A type of polyploid species resulting from one species doubling its chromosome number to become tetraploid.

Question 27

Macroevolution

Answer 27

Long-term evolutionary change that produces new groups of organism

Question 28

Postzygotic barrier

Answer 28

Any of several speciesisolating mechanisms that prevent hybrids produced by two different species from developing into viable, fertile adults

Question 29

Sympatric speciation

Answer 29

A mode of speciation occurring as a result of a radical change in the genome that produces a reproductively isolated subpopulation in the midst of its parent population