1. EVOLUTION VOCAB Chapter 15
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2. Differences among individuals within a species
Change in a population over time; also change in the relative frequency of alleles in a gene pool
evolution
Differences among individuals
within a species
Natural variation

3. Homologous structures
Structures that develop from the same embryonic tissues, but have different mature forms
Homologous structures
Organ with little or no function
that was functional in an
ancestor species
Vestigial organ

4. The selection and breeding by humans of animals with certain useful traits from the natural variation in the population
Artificial selection
Book published by Charles Darwin
in which he proposed a mechanism
and provided evidence for his
Theory of Evolution
“On the Origin of Species”

5. Inherited characteristic that increases and organism’s chances
Ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in a specific environment
fitness
Inherited characteristic that
increases and organism’s chances
for survival
adaptation

6. Preserved remains of an ancient organism fossil
Islands that Darwin visited on his
voyage on the Beagle that started
him thinking about how organisms
change over time
Galapagos

7. Descent with Modifications
Concept that each living species has descended with changes from other species over time
Descent with Modifications
Idea that organisms that are
best suited to their environment will survive and reproduce
Survival of the Fittest

8. Book published by Charles Darwin in which he proposed a mechanism
Trait controlled by a single gene
Single gene trait
Book published by Charles Darwin
in which he proposed a mechanism
and provided evidence for his
Theory of Evolution
“The Origin of Species”

9. Natural selection is also known as ______________
The idea that all species, living and extinct, were derived from a common ancestor
Common descent
Natural selection is also known as
______________
Survival of the fittest

10. Alfred Wallace French naturalist who hypothesized
Naturalist who gave Darwin incentive to
publish his ideas about evolution by
writing an essay that described similar
ideas.
Alfred Wallace
French naturalist who hypothesized
that organisms acquire traits during
their lifetime through use or disuse
which can be passed on to offspring
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

11. James Hutton & Charles Lyell
2 geologists who recognized that Earth is many millions of years old and that processes that changed it still operate today
James Hutton & Charles Lyell
English economist who reasoned that if the human population kept growing unchecked, there would be insufficient food and space for everyone
Thomas Malthus

12. A possible explanation for a set of observations or a possible answer
to a scientific problem
Another name for natural selection
hypothesis
Survival of the fittest

13. A well supported, testable explanation of observed natural phenomena
THEORY
Another name for competition for
resources
Struggle for existence

14. James Hutton & Charles Lyell
NAME THE SCIENTISTS WHO . . .
They proposed that the Earth has changed over millions of years and the processes that caused the change are still happening
James Hutton & Charles Lyell

15. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
NAME THE SCIENTIST WHO . . .
French naturalist who proposed the idea that
characteristics could be acquired or lost by their
“use or disuse” during an organism’s lifetime and that
these traits could be passed on to offspring.
English economist who reasoned that if the human
population continued to grow unchecked, sooner or later
there would be insufficient food and living space.
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Thomas Malthus

16. Naturalist who gave Darwin incentive to
NAME THE SCIENTIST WHO . . .
Naturalist who gave Darwin incentive to
publish his ideas about evolution by
writing an essay that described similar
ideas.
Alfred Wallace
Proposed the idea that populations change over time as a result of competition for available resources in which individuals with the characteristics best suited to their environment will survive and reproduce
Charles Darwin

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