Chapter 13 and 14

Question 1

evolution

Answer 1

change in populations over time, descent w/ modification

Question 2

natural selection

Answer 2

a process where organisms better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce

Question 3

homologous structure

Answer 3

a body part, organ, or system in different species that shares a common ancestry and a similar underlying structure, even if their functions have evolved to be different

Question 4

vestigial structure

Answer 4

a feature in an organism that is reduced or impaired from its original function and no longer serves a useful purpose in the current species

Question 5

analogous structure

Answer 5

structures that seem homologous but are not, just shaped by similar environmental pressures, sign of convergent evolution

Question 6

linnaean bionominal

Answer 6

the two word name for species that is there genus then species

Question 8

lamarc

Answer 8

french naturalist who thought how an animal lived affected the traits they passed doen