Quiz

• Evolution: The process by which populations of organisms change over generations through the inheritance of traits leading to the development of new species.
• Gene Pool: The complete set of unique alleles in a population at a specific time representing the genetic diversity of that population.
• Fossil Record: The collection of all known fossils and their placement in chronological order providing evidence of the history of life on Earth.
• Embryology: The study of the development of embryos across different species highlighting similarities and differences in their early stages.
• Evolution


  The process by which populations of organisms change over generations through the inheritance of traits, leading to the development of new species
• Gene Pool


  The complete set of unique alleles in a population at a specific time, representing the genetic diversity of that population
• Fossil Record


  The collection of all known fossils and their placement in chronological order, providing evidence of the history of life on Earth
• Embryology


  The study of the development of embryos across different species, highlighting similarities and differences in their early stages
• Homologous Structures


  Structures in different species that are similar in form and function, indicating a common evolutionary origin
• Endosymbiosis


  The theory that explains the origin of eukaryotic cells through the symbiotic relationship between different prokaryotic cells
• Analogous Structures


  Structures in different species that have similar functions but different evolutionary origins
• Vestigial Structures


  Structures in organisms that have lost most or all of their ancestral function, providing evidence of evolutionary change
• Descent with Modification


  The concept that species originate as modified descendants of other species, as proposed by evolutionary theory
• Natural Selection


  The process by which certain heritable traits become more common in a population due to their advantage in survival and reproduction
• Charles Darwin


  A British naturalist who proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection in his work "The Origin of Species"
• Heritable Variations


  Differences in traits that can be passed down from one generation to the next within a population
• Common Ancestor


  An ancestral species from which different species have evolved over time
• Population Evolution


  The change in characteristics of a population over generations, driven by natural selection and other evolutionary mechanisms
• Fossils


  Physical evidence of an organism that lived long ago
• Fossil Record


  The collection of fossils that represents the preserved history of living things on earth
• Relative Dating


  Estimates the time during which an organism lived by comparing the placement of fossils of that organism with the placement of fossils in other rock layers
• Radiometric Dating


  Uses the natural decay rate of unstable isotopes to calculate the age of a fossil
• Comparative Embryology


  The comparison of embryo development across species
• The Theory of Endosymbiosis Proposes

  The mitochondria found in eukaryotic cells descended from ancestors of infection-causing bacteria. Similarly, chloroplasts are considered descendants of cyanobacteria
• Homologous Structures


  Are formed in similar ways during embryonic development and share similar arrangements. However, they have obviously different forms and distinct functions
• Analogous Structures


  Unrelated animals that have body parts with similar functions but are different in structure and form
• Convergent Evolution


  The process by which organisms independently evolve similar traits as a result of adapting to similar environments