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Adaptation
-Help us survive and reproduce.
-Get food.
-Not get eaten.
-Get mates.
Adaptive Radiation
-Finches
-One species put in lots of new environments = many new species.
Convergent Evolution
-When organisms become alike because of same environment.
-Same as analogous structure.
-Shark vs. Dolphin
Evolution
-Change over time.
Variation
-Do not help you survive.
-Changes between organisms.
What is a Theory?
-A well supported idea.
-eg-Gravity, Evolution
Who was Darwin?
-Charles Darwin
-Discovered evolution.
-Famous for the Galagopous Islands.
What is Darwin's book?
The Origion of Spiecies.
Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection
1. overproduce
2. competition (no 2 organisms are alike)
3. survival of the fittest
4. traits in population will change
Embryology
-shows that all vertebrates look similar in early development stages
Vestigial Structures
-no longer needed
-still present in the body
-used to be used millions of years ago
-eg
: appendix
Analogous Structures
-2 organisms have parts with similar purpose but different structures
-not neccesarily related
Homologous Structures
-2 organisms with similar bone/anatomical structures
-organisms shared common ancestors
Coevolution
-two organisms help each other survive or evolution
-eg
: gazelle and cheetah
Separation
-the population of the same species is split, each in a different place
-both populations may exchange because of environment
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Evolution Terms Review
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A review of some terms on the topic of evolution
Updated
2011-01-17T23:35:51Z
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