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 reproduceNatural Selection30s
- Q2inheritable trait that increases one's chances of survivaladaptation30s
- Q3Developed the Theory of EvolutionCharles Darwin30s
- Q4remains of past living organisms located in the rock layersFossil30s
- Q5"The present is the key to the past"Uniformitarianism30s
- Q6Organisms today have evolved over time and therefore look different than ancestorsDescent with Modification30s
- Q7Structures that are derived from the same type of tissue but have different functionsHomologous Structures30s
- Q8structures with similar functions but are NOT derived from the same type of tissuesAnalogous structures30s
- Q9study of the early stages of development...indicates common ancestorembryology30s
- Q10similarities of DNA and amino acid sequences in proteins in organisms...the fewer the differences...the more closely related the organismsMolecular homologies30s
- Q11long periods of time with no change then an abrupt change in fossil recordpunctuated equilibrium30s
- Q12slow, gradual changes in an organism over long periods of timegradualism30s
- Q13long period of time with no changestasis30s
- Q14flow of genes from one population to another...MIGRATIONgene flow30s
- Q15change in allele frequency due to chance or bad luck...decreases variationGenetic drift30s