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Quiz 12 Study Stack
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An adaptation is | a hereditary characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce |
| A species is | a group of organisms that can mate with one another to produce fertile offspring. |
| Evolution is | the process by which populations accumulate inherited changes over time. |
| Fossils are | the solidified remains or imprints of once living organisms. |
| An organism can also rot away in the sediment layer leaving a hole, a so-called | mold. |
| The fossil record supplies information on | which evolutionary changes have occurred, and how environmental conditions changed over time. |
| Vestigial structures are | remnants of once useful structures. |
| A common ancestor | relates all animals as different as a cat, dolphin, bat, and human. |
| Embryonic Development: In the early stages the embryos of vertebrates, animals containing a backbone, are | very similar. |
| The shaping of certain traits for farming and breeding is called | selective breeding. |
| Natural Selection in four steps | a) Overproduction b) Genetic Variation c)Struggle to Survive d) Successful Reproduction |
| Survival of the Fittest: | Only the offspring with the most favorable traits survives and reproduces. |
| Natural selection is caused by | mutations, or changes in a gene |
| Charles Darwin was the first to theorize that evolution occurs in a process called | Natural Selection. |
| A generation time is | the period between the birth of one generation and the next. |
| Speciation is | the creation of species independent from the common ancestor. |
| Speciation occurs in a three step process: | a) Separation b) Adaptation c) Division |