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Evolutionary theory predicts that species respond to similar environments in similar ways is this true?
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The ability to respond to similar but distinct stimuli?
Stimulus Discrimination?
How does DNA sequence analysis contribute to evolutionary theory?
It's common sense that organisms with similar DNA are more related evolutionary-wise. Analyzing DNA can help us determine which organisms evolved from which organisms.
Type of evolution in which unrelated organisms independently evolve similarities when adapting to similar environments?
Analogous selection.
When distantly related life form develop similar trits is it convergent evolution?
Yes, because the environmental pressures are the same evolutionary processes develop similar responses to the same challenges in the environment; similar physiological and behavioral traits.
What is the evolutionary relationship between a fin and flipper?
They're an example of convergent evolution - two structures with common features which have evolved like that due to a similar/the same purpose despite having unrelated origins. Flippers have hidden fingers.
Can similar environments lead to the evolution of similar animals even if they are not close relatives?
False
What do you call the tendency to respond to a stimulus that is similar but not identical to a conditioned stimulus?
Generalization is the tendency to respond to a stimulus that is similar but not identical to a conditioned stimulus.
The ability to respond to similar but distinct stimuli?
Stimulus Discrimination?
Charles Darwin concluded that in similar environments around the world could produce similar structures in unrelated species?
Natural selection
In an evolutionary classification scheme, species within one genus should?
be more similar to each other than they are to other species
Why do people in similar environments use their land differently?
They have different cultural traits- its in the textbook
Which evolutionary force decrease the genetic diversity of a population by increasing the population of similar individuals?
stabilizing selection
What is the name of the process when two unrelated species develop similar adaptations due to having similar niches or environments?
Convergent evolution
How is toadstool similar to rain tree?
they both respond to changes slowly
What types of environments are best for raising animals in captivity?
an environment similar to the animal's natural habitat.
Which kingdom are germs found in?
Probably eubacteria since they are in common environments and are almost similar to bacteria
What is a possible evolutionary explanation for how the skeletons can be similar but the functions very different in each of the animals?
Simply put, skeletons are similar because the organisms processing them arose from common ancestry. All mammals for instance, have skeletons that are quite similar because all mammal skeletons arose from common ancestry in the Mesozoic age. These mammal skeletons are used in different manner by the entry of populations of organisms into different environments where individuals were selected along lines of adaptation to those different environments. Then the different populations of mammals arose with the very similar skeletons being used in very different ways. Consider yourself, your dog, and whales to see the similarities in skeletal structure with vast differences in use.
