Chapter 22-24 Descent with Modification

Question 1

Structures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry.

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homologous structures

Question 2

The selective breeding of domesticated plants and animals to encourage the occurrence of desirable traits.

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artificial selection

Question 3

The supercontinent that formed, when plate movements brought all the landmasses of Earth together.

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Pangaea

Question 4

Inherited characteristic of an organism that enhances its survival and reproduction in a specific environment.

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Adaptation

Question 5

What was the term Charles darwin used instead of evolution

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descent with modification

Question 6

The evolution of similar features in independent evolutionary lineages.

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convergent evolution, convergent evolution

Question 7

A rock layer formed when new layers of sediment cover older ones and compress them.

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stratum

Question 8

A preserved remnant or impression of an organism that lived in the past.

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fossils

Question 9

Crocodiles are more closely related to birds than lizards and snakes?

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True

Question 10

what is the type of data evolution

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direct observations, homology, the fossil record, biogeography

Question 11

Similarity in characteristics resulting from a shared ancestry.

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homology

Question 12

The scientific study of fossils.

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paleontology

Question 13

Having characteristics that are similar because of convergent evolution, not homology.

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analogous

Question 14

Organisms that are more adapted to their environment, more likely to survive, pass on the genes that aided their success

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natural selection

Question 15

A feature of an organism that is a historical remnant of a structure that served a function in the organism's ancestors.

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vestigial structure

Question 16

What was Lamarck's mains ideas about?

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body parts get bigger and stronger as they evolve, modification what done with intent

Question 17

The scientific study of the past and present geographic distributions of species.

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biogeography

Question 18

A branching diagram that reflects a hypothesis about evolutionary relationships among groups of organisms.

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evolutionary tree

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