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Quiz 11 - Nov.8
Biology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Biogenesis | Life from living |
| Abiogenesis | Life from non living |
| Evolution | the change in populations over time |
| Endosymbiont theory | Mitochondria and chloroplast originated as separate prokaryotic organisms later incorporated into eukaryotic cells |
| Analogous structures | Structures that have a similar function with different origins |
| Homologous strucutures | Structures that have different mature forms, but came from the same embryonic tissue |
| vestigial structures | Residual body organs that once had a use, but no longer do because of evolution |
| Adaptive radiation | An ancestral species gives rise to many new species to fit different habitats |
| Gradualism | New species originate through slow changes in adaptation |
| Punctuated equilibrium | New species originate in rapid bursts with long term periods of equilibrium in between |