EEMB 7 Exam 1 UPDATED Study Guide
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Evolution - CORRECT ANSWERS Change in a kind of organism over
time; process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient
organisms.
Fossils - CORRECT ANSWERS the remains or impression of a
prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
Strata - CORRECT ANSWERS layers of sedimentary rock
Paleontology - CORRECT ANSWERS the study of fossils
Adaptations - CORRECT ANSWERS traits that improve an individual's
ability to survive and reproduce
Natural selection - CORRECT ANSWERS A process in which
individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at
higher rates than other individuals because of those traits.
Artificial selection - CORRECT ANSWERS Selection by humans for
breeding of useful traits from the natural variation among different organisms
Homology - CORRECT ANSWERS Similarity in characteristics
resulting from a shared ancestry.
Homologous structures - CORRECT ANSWERS structures that are
similar in different species of common ancestry
, Vestigial structures - CORRECT ANSWERS Structures of little or no
importance to organism, but remain from a common ancestor
Convergent evolution - CORRECT ANSWERS Process by which
unrelated organisms independently evolve similarities when adapting to similar
environments
Analogous - CORRECT ANSWERS biological structures having similar
or corresponding functions that develop separately
Biogeography - CORRECT ANSWERS Study of past and present
distribution of organisms
Endemic - CORRECT ANSWERS confined to a particular country or
area
Phylogeny - CORRECT ANSWERS The evolutionary history of a
species or group of related species
Systematics - CORRECT ANSWERS A scientific discipline focused on
classifying organisms and determining their evolutionary relationships.
Taxonomy - CORRECT ANSWERS The scientific study of how living
things are classified
Binomial - CORRECT ANSWERS 2 terms, in this case referring to
"binomial nomenclature" where a species is classified by its genus and species
Genus - CORRECT ANSWERS A classification grouping that consists
of a number of similar, closely related species
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Evolution - CORRECT ANSWERS Change in a kind of organism over
time; process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient
organisms.
Fossils - CORRECT ANSWERS the remains or impression of a
prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.
Strata - CORRECT ANSWERS layers of sedimentary rock
Paleontology - CORRECT ANSWERS the study of fossils
Adaptations - CORRECT ANSWERS traits that improve an individual's
ability to survive and reproduce
Natural selection - CORRECT ANSWERS A process in which
individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at
higher rates than other individuals because of those traits.
Artificial selection - CORRECT ANSWERS Selection by humans for
breeding of useful traits from the natural variation among different organisms
Homology - CORRECT ANSWERS Similarity in characteristics
resulting from a shared ancestry.
Homologous structures - CORRECT ANSWERS structures that are
similar in different species of common ancestry
, Vestigial structures - CORRECT ANSWERS Structures of little or no
importance to organism, but remain from a common ancestor
Convergent evolution - CORRECT ANSWERS Process by which
unrelated organisms independently evolve similarities when adapting to similar
environments
Analogous - CORRECT ANSWERS biological structures having similar
or corresponding functions that develop separately
Biogeography - CORRECT ANSWERS Study of past and present
distribution of organisms
Endemic - CORRECT ANSWERS confined to a particular country or
area
Phylogeny - CORRECT ANSWERS The evolutionary history of a
species or group of related species
Systematics - CORRECT ANSWERS A scientific discipline focused on
classifying organisms and determining their evolutionary relationships.
Taxonomy - CORRECT ANSWERS The scientific study of how living
things are classified
Binomial - CORRECT ANSWERS 2 terms, in this case referring to
"binomial nomenclature" where a species is classified by its genus and species
Genus - CORRECT ANSWERS A classification grouping that consists
of a number of similar, closely related species
