Spring Benchmark Review

______ 's theory was based on the mechanism of natural selection, explaining how populations can evolve to become better suited to their environments over time.

characteristics of an organism that improve the performance of the organism in its environment

• speciation

• evolution

• adaptation

• diversity

__________ _________ also called "selective breeding”, is where humans select desirable traits rather than leaving the species to evolve and change gradually without human interference.

which type of selection is this?

• stabilizing

• directional

• disruptive

the idea that evolution occurred in small steps over millions of years

• punctuated equilibrium

• gradualism

a form of natural selection, removing individuals with average trait values , creating two populations with extreme traits

• stabilizing

• directional

• disruptive

similar anatomical structures in different species with different functions

• analogous

• homologous

• vestigial