Week 33 Pt 1: Review Ch 43

VOCABULARY

a change in an organism or species that allows it to survive better in its environment (noun)

• adaptation

• evolution

• fossil

VOCABULARY

something left from a living thing, such as a plant or animal that lived long ago, that was preserved in some way (noun)

• adaptation

• evolution

• fossil

VOCABULARY

the process by which living things develop and differentiate over long periods of time (noun)

• adaptation

• evolution

• fossil

VOCABULARY

a family member from long ago (noun)

• ancestor

• extinct

• primate

VOCABULARY

a mammal, such as a human, ape, and monkey, that has a large brain and complex hands and feet (noun)

• ancestor

• extinct

• primate

VOCABULARY

no longer in existence; completely wiped out (adjective)

• ancestor

• extinct

• primate

VOCABULARY

the scientific name for the group to which all modern human beings belong (noun)

• Homo sapiens

• natural selection

• survival of the fittest

VOCABULARY

a theory that the organisms best suited to live in a certain environment are those most likely to survive (noun)

• Homo sapiens

• natural selection

• survival of the fittest

VOCABULARY

the process by which living things best suited to their environment tend to survive and reproduce more (noun)

• Homo sapiens

• natural selection

• survival of the fittest

VOCABULARY

the amount of change or difference (noun)

• variation

• extinct

• adaptation