Bio Test With Complete Answers.
Bio Test With Complete Answers Evolution - answerThe gradual change in a species over time Charles Darwin - answerEnglish natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection () Fossils - answerThe preserved remains or traces of organisms that once lived on Earth. Embryology - answerstudy of embryos and their development Lamarck - answerFrench naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics natural selection - answerA natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment living, and the ones who don't adapt die. Evidence for evolution - answerfossil records, geographical distribution, homologous structures, similarities in early development fitness - answerhow well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment survival of the fittest - answerorganisms that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called natural selection homologous structures - answerStructures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry. vestigal structures - answerremnants of features that served important functions in the organism's ancestors species - answerA group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring. variation - answerAny difference between individuals of the same species. reproduce - answerProduce offspring and pass along heritable traits phenotypic traits - answervisible traits genotypic traits - answertraits given to an organism from genes .
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