Science 9: Chapter 3 Vocab Quiz

Book published by Charles Darwin

• On the Origin of Species
• The Descent of Man
• The Theory of Evolution
• The Voyage of the Beagle

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Ancestral organism shared by two or more descendant lineages

• single common ancestor

• shared ancestor
• parent organism
• progenitor

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traits that give organisms an advantage over others

• Inheritances
• Adaptive Traits

• Mutations
• Characteristics

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process by which living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified over time

• natural selection
• mutation
• evolution
• adaptation

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selective breeding that is controlled by humans

• selective breeding
• artificial selection

• natural selection
• spontaneous mutation

all of the different genes in a population

• gene collection
• genetic reservoir
• allele assortment
• gene pool

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body parts of different species that have similar structures and features that indicate a common ancestor

• vestigial structures
• homologous structures
• analogous structures
• convergent structures

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have similar functions but evolved separately from one another

• coevolution
• analogous strucutres

• homologous structures

• parallel evolution

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where one species gives rise to a new completely different species

• speciation
• adaptation
• hybridization
• mutation

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happens when a species separates into two separate groups which are geographically isolated from one another

• allopatric speciation
• sympatric speciation
• parapatric speciation
• peripatric speciation

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