Unit 8 vocab

The change in a species as a whole over time

• evolution

• speciation

• natural selection

• bacteria

"Survival of the fittest" organisms that are best suited for survival are the ones that successfully reproduce and pass on their beneficial characteristics; leads to evolution

• natural selection

• co-evolution

• classification

• cladogram

The man who voyaged to the Galapagos and developed the idea of natural selection, which contributes to evolution

• Charles Darwin

• Alexander Graham Bell

• George Washington

• Abe Lincoln

The emergence of a new species due to natural selection

• classification

• divergent evolution

• speciation

• co evolution

Occurs when two or more populations evolve at the same time

• evolution

• streptococcus

• co-evolution

• speciation

Occurs when two species evolve to be more and more different over time

• evolution

• convergent evolution

• classification

• divergent evolution

Occurs when different species develop similar traits for similar functions

• convergent evolution

• divergent evolution

• virus

• cladogram

Structures that originate from the same type of tissue but may be used differently in different organisms

• bacteria

• evolution

• homologous structures

• binomial nomenclature

A structure that may have once had a function in a species but has evolved to be useless over time

• convergent evolution

• homologous structure

• virus

• vestigial structure

Genus of bacteria; commonly known for causing strep throat

• virus

• protist

• bacteria

• streptococcus