Evolution Vocab Practice

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Q1
"survival of the fittest"...those organisms better suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce
Natural Selection
30s
Q2
inheritable trait that increases one's chances of survival
adaptation
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Q3
Developed the Theory of Evolution
Charles Darwin
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Q4
remains of past living organisms located in the rock layers
Fossil
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Q5
"The present is the key to the past"
Uniformitarianism
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Q6
Organisms today have evolved over time and therefore look different than ancestors
Descent with Modification
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Q7
Structures that are derived from the same type of tissue but have different functions
Homologous Structures
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Q8
structures with similar functions but are NOT derived from the same type of tissues
Analogous structures
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Q9
study of the early stages of development...indicates common ancestor
embryology
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Q10
similarities of DNA and amino acid sequences in proteins in organisms...the fewer the differences...the more closely related the organisms
Molecular homologies
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Q11
long periods of time with no change then an abrupt change in fossil record
punctuated equilibrium
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Q12
slow, gradual changes in an organism over long periods of time
gradualism
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Q13
long period of time with no change
stasis
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Q14
flow of genes from one population to another...MIGRATION
gene flow
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Q15
change in allele frequency due to chance or bad luck...decreases variation
Genetic drift
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