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ch 13 quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what effects does antibiotics have with bacteria | Antibiotics leads to bacterial resistance |
| what is taxonomy | The branch of biology conceded with identifying naming and classifying species |
| What is the Linnaean system? | the method of naming species |
| what is a binomial ? | two-part latinized name. First part is the genus, second part is used to distinguish species |
| Who proposed the evolutionary theory? | Charles Darwin |
| What are fossils? | imprints or remains of organisms that lived in the past |
| What ship was Darwin in? | HMS Beagle |
| What islands did Darwin mainly explore? | The Galapagos |
| What is natural selection? | "more fit" = increased survival and increased reproduction. affects individuals but individuals do not evolve |
| What book did Darwin publish ? | On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection |
| Why are fossils important? | documents differences between past and present organisms |
| What are paleontologists? | scientist who study fossils |
| What is homology? | similarity resulting from common ancestry |
| What are vestigial structures? | remnants of features that served important functions in an organism's ancestors. |
| What is artificial selection? | The selective breeding to promote the occurrence of desired traits |
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