Evolution Vocab

An inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival

• adaptation
• fitness
• variation
• evolution

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Change in a kind of organism over time

• adaptation
• evolution
• variation
• fitness

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Ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment

• evolution
• adaptation
• fitness
• speciation

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Process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully

• adaptation
• evolution
• natural selection
• fitness

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Group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area

• population
• species
• gene pool
• speciation

Different traits within a population

• speciation
• fitness
• natural selection
• variation

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A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce viable, fertile offspring

• analogous

• homologous

• species

• vestigial

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Evolution is...

• changes over time in populations

• natural process that passes favorable traits

• historical timeline of fossils

• the process in which an animal dies out

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A mistake or change that occurs in the DNA sequence is called a ______________________.

• Extinction

• Speciation

• Mutation

• Genetic Variation

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What is this an example of?

• diversity of species
• variation
• vestigial structures
• DNA studies

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