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Evolution
Chapter 16
Question | Answer |
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evolution | process by which organisms change over time |
artificial selections | selective breeding of plants and animals by humans to achieve desired results |
adaptation | inherited trait that increase organisms channce for survival |
fitness | how well an organism can can survive and reproduce |
natural selection | also called "survival of the fittest" |
biogeography | study of the past and present distribution of organisms on earth |
homologous structure | different species have similar parts anatomically |
analogous structure | completely different organisms have structures that are similar in function |
vestigial structure | a structure that apparently no longer has a function |
HMS Beagle | Ship that Darwin sailed on around the world for 5 years |
USS Enterprise | Ship commanded by Captain Kirk. |
Darwin | Came up the idea of Natural Selection |
Lamarck | Came up with the idea of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics |
Hutton and Lyell | Worked on the idea that the earth was really old. |
eyespots | features found on some animals that make animal look larger or deter attacks |
camouflage | natural selection working to make an organism blend into their surroundings |
warning coloration | bright or contrastive colors that announce an animal is poisonous or dangerous |
mimicry | when a harmless animal evolves to look like a harmful one which offers protection |