EEMB 7 exam #1 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Georges Buffon - CORRECT ANSWERS suggested Earth was much
older than previously thought
Georges Cuvier - CORRECT ANSWERS by documenting fossil
discoveries, whoed that extinction had occured
Jean Baptiste Lamarck - CORRECT ANSWERS suggested living
species might develop over time
Charles Lyell - CORRECT ANSWERS geoligist; argued that geological
forces had shaped earth and were continuing to do so through gradual change
the modern synthesis - CORRECT ANSWERS coherent understanding
of the relationship between natural selection and genetics
adaption - CORRECT ANSWERS change in response to a stimulus
(occurs at the individual level)
homologies - CORRECT ANSWERS Similarities between organisms
based on descent from a common ancestor
related species can have characteristics that have underlying similarity yet
function differently
homologous structures - CORRECT ANSWERS Structures in different
species that are similar because of common ancestry.
, vestigal structures - CORRECT ANSWERS structures retained from
evolution even though they have lost their function
analogy - CORRECT ANSWERS presence of similar structures in
evolutionary divergent lines of descent because of similar environmental
pressure
biogeography - CORRECT ANSWERS study of distribution of life on
the planet
phylogeny - CORRECT ANSWERS evolutionary history of an organism
rooted (phylogenetic tree) - CORRECT ANSWERS when branch points
of tree represent the most recent common ancestor of all the taxa in the tree
basal taxon - CORRECT ANSWERS a lineage that diverges from all the
other members of its group early in the history of the group
sister taxa - CORRECT ANSWERS groups that share an immediate
common ancestor that is not shared by any other group
monophyletic group - CORRECT ANSWERS group where species are
more closely related to eachother than any other member of that group
chronogram - CORRECT ANSWERS branch length is proportional to
time
maximum parsimony - CORRECT ANSWERS shortest possible tree
explains data because there is least assumptions
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Georges Buffon - CORRECT ANSWERS suggested Earth was much
older than previously thought
Georges Cuvier - CORRECT ANSWERS by documenting fossil
discoveries, whoed that extinction had occured
Jean Baptiste Lamarck - CORRECT ANSWERS suggested living
species might develop over time
Charles Lyell - CORRECT ANSWERS geoligist; argued that geological
forces had shaped earth and were continuing to do so through gradual change
the modern synthesis - CORRECT ANSWERS coherent understanding
of the relationship between natural selection and genetics
adaption - CORRECT ANSWERS change in response to a stimulus
(occurs at the individual level)
homologies - CORRECT ANSWERS Similarities between organisms
based on descent from a common ancestor
related species can have characteristics that have underlying similarity yet
function differently
homologous structures - CORRECT ANSWERS Structures in different
species that are similar because of common ancestry.
, vestigal structures - CORRECT ANSWERS structures retained from
evolution even though they have lost their function
analogy - CORRECT ANSWERS presence of similar structures in
evolutionary divergent lines of descent because of similar environmental
pressure
biogeography - CORRECT ANSWERS study of distribution of life on
the planet
phylogeny - CORRECT ANSWERS evolutionary history of an organism
rooted (phylogenetic tree) - CORRECT ANSWERS when branch points
of tree represent the most recent common ancestor of all the taxa in the tree
basal taxon - CORRECT ANSWERS a lineage that diverges from all the
other members of its group early in the history of the group
sister taxa - CORRECT ANSWERS groups that share an immediate
common ancestor that is not shared by any other group
monophyletic group - CORRECT ANSWERS group where species are
more closely related to eachother than any other member of that group
chronogram - CORRECT ANSWERS branch length is proportional to
time
maximum parsimony - CORRECT ANSWERS shortest possible tree
explains data because there is least assumptions
