Evolution and Adaptation Flashcard

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Who was the scientist that traveled to the Galapagos Islands and observed how similar species adapted to a particular environment?

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Charles Darwin

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What is the term for the change of organisms over time?

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Evolution

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Which scientist believed that organisms altered their behaviors and organs in response to environmental change, and then their offspring would inherit those improved structures?

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Lamarck

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Adaptation

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A change in an organism that makes it better suited to its environment

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Artificial selection is:

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A process where humans select for desirable traits

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Fossils are:

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Remains of ancient organisms

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Homologous structures are:

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Structures that are similar in different species because of common ancestry

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Vestigial structures are:

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Non-functional remnants of organs

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Embryology is the study of:

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Embryos

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Why are bones and fossils of vertebrates similar to those of living vertebrates?

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Evolutionary relationships