Evolution & Natural Selection

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Who developed the theory of evolution?

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Charles Darwin

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What type of structures are similar in different species due to shared ancestry?

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Homologous structures

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What are structures that serve similar functions but have different evolutionary origins?

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Analogous structures

Front

What term describes body parts that have lost their original function through evolution?

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Vestigial organs

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What is the study of embryos of various organisms to show a common ancestor?

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Embryology

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What is the process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring?

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Natural selection

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What is the term for the gradual change in species over time?

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Evolution

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What do we call the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution?

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Speciation

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What is the evidence for evolution that includes fossil records, comparative anatomy, and molecular biology?

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Biological evidence

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What is the term for the preserved remains or traces of organisms from the past?

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Fossils