Chapter 15 of Prentice Hall "Dragonfly" Biology Book Flashcards

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What was the name of the ship that Darwin sailed around the world.
Answer 1
H.M.S. Beagle
What was Darwin's title on the Beagle?
Answer 2
Naturlist
Who is the "Father of Biology"?
Answer 3
Charles Darwin
Who is the "Father of Geology"?
Answer 4
Charles Lyell
What is any structure or behavior which helps an organism survive in its environment?
Answer 5
Adaptation
What is Evolution?
Answer 6
Change over time.
What is the name of Darwin's book?
Answer 7
On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection
What is a Scientific Theory?
Answer 8
Well tested explanation for a broad set of observations.
What was the name of the islands that influenced Darwin?
Answer 9
Galapagos
Who proposed the Theory of Use & Disuse?
Answer 10
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
What is "fitness"?
Ability of an organism to sruvive & reproduce in its specific environment.
What is the gene pool?
All the genes of all members of a particular population.
What is a vestigial structure?
A structure in an organism which is reduced in size and non-functional.
What is a homologous structure?
Structures which are similar in structure, but different in function.
What is an analagous structure?
Structures that are similar in function, but different in structure.