Evolution - Basic Vocab

Evolution

• a scientist who studied evolution

• blending in to your environment (a green lizard in green grass)

• these parts of the body have NO function and were used by past ancestors (like the human appendix or birds with wings that do not fly anymore)

• changes to a species or population over long periods of time

Vestigial Structures

• a scientist who studied evolution

• blending in to your environment (a green lizard in green grass)

• these parts of the body have NO function and were used by past ancestors (like the human appendix or birds with wings that do not fly anymore)

• changes to a species or population over long periods of time

Charles Darwin

• a scientist who studied evolution

• blending in to your environment (a green lizard in green grass)

• these parts of the body have NO function and were used by past ancestors (like the human appendix or birds with wings that do not fly anymore)

• changes to a species or population over long periods of time

Camouflage

• a scientist who studied evolution

• blending in to your environment (a green lizard in green grass)

• these parts of the body have NO function and were used by past ancestors (like the human appendix or birds with wings that do not fly anymore)

• changes to a species or population over long periods of time

Adaptation

• a trait you can inherit that makes your survival easier (like the human thumb or a long beak on a bird)

• when a species resembles another species physically (like a yellow frog might resemble a poisonous yellow frog to avoid predators)

• these parts of the body have NO function and were used by past ancestors (like the human appendix or birds with wings that do not fly anymore)

• changes to a species or population over long periods of time

Mimicry

• a trait you can inherit that makes your survival easier (like the human thumb or a long beak on a bird)

• when a species resembles another species physically (like a yellow frog might resemble a poisonous yellow frog to avoid predators)

• these parts of the body have NO function and were used by past ancestors (like the human appendix or birds with wings that do not fly anymore)

• changes to a species or population over long periods of time

Mimicry

• a trait you can inherit that makes your survival easier (like the human thumb or a long beak on a bird)

• when a species resembles another species physically (like a yellow frog might resemble a poisonous yellow frog to avoid predators)

• these parts of the body have NO function and were used by past ancestors (like the human appendix or birds with wings that do not fly anymore)

• changes to a species or population over long periods of time

Variation

• a trait you can inherit that makes your survival easier (like the human thumb or a long beak on a bird)

• The different traits represented in the same species (like how humans have different hair colors and textures)

• these parts of the body have NO function and were used by past ancestors (like the human appendix or birds with wings that do not fly anymore)

• changes to a species or population over long periods of time

Survival of the fittest means...

• a trait you can inherit that makes your survival easier (like the human thumb or a long beak on a bird)

• The different traits represented in the same species (like how humans have different hair colors and textures)

• The species best suited to the environment lives and reproduces.

• changes to a species or population over long periods of time

Ms. Fliss is...

• mean

• so smart and nice and friendly and perfect

• annoying

• the worst