Exam 7: Evolution the Theory and Its Supporting Evidence

Only mutations present in sex cells are inheritable.

A population of similar individuals that in nature interbreed and produce fertile offspring:

Structures like bat and fly wings have similar functions, but they evolved in different ways. What would these types of structures be called?

Why might an organism such as Lingula show little evidence for change over great amounts of geologic time? What are these types of organisms called?

Sharks and dolphins show convergent evolution since they have similar features, yet are only distantly related.

Why do some organisms have vestigial organs?

The development of similar characteristics in separate but closely related organisms is called ____________________.

Cell division resulting in two cells with the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell is ____.

What is a mass extinction?

In evolution, the organisms that win are ____.

Discuss the difficulties of applying the concept of species to a fossil organism.

Which of the following is not a component of the Darwin-Wallace theory of natural selection?

Discuss biologists' definition of "species." What does this definition imply? Give an example of a species and discuss binomial species names.

Mutations in sex cells can be induced by ultraviolet radiation or extreme temperature changes.

The theory of evolution____.

The origin of amphibians from fish is an example of ____.

Human wisdom teeth are examples of ____ since their functionality has changed over time.

The type of cell division in which resulting cells contain one chromosome from each pair of the parent cell is called ____________________.

You have the most characteristics in common with members of your own ____.

The view that species change little during most of their existence and then evolve rapidly into new species is called punctuated equilibrium.