Vocabulary for Evolution Natural Selection Fossils

____________ is the heritable characteristic that increases an organisms ability to survive and reproduce in an environment

• Evolution

• Fossil

• Adaptation

• Fitness

• Natural Selection

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____________ is the preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms

• Evolution

• Fossil

• Adaptation

• Fitness

• Natural Selection

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____________ is the process by which organisms that are most suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest

• Evolution

• Fossil

• Adaptation

• Fitness

• Natural Selection

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____________ is how well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment

• Evolution

• Fossil

• Adaptation

• Fitness

• Natural Selection

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____________ is change over time; the process by which a modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms

• Evolution

• Fossil

• Adaptation

• Fitness

• Natural Selection

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___________ are the structures that are similar in different species of common ancestry

• Homologous Structure

• Analogous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Speciation

• Allele Frequency

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___________ is the structures structure that in inherited from ancestors but has lost much or all of its original function

• Homologous Structure

• Analogous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Speciation

• Allele Frequency

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___________ are the body parts that share a common functions, but not structure

• Homologous Structure

• Analogous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Speciation

• Allele Frequency

___________ is the number of times that an allele occurs in a gene pool compared with the number of alleles in that pool for the same gene

• Homologous Structure

• Analogous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Speciation

• Allele Frequency

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___________ is the formation of a new species

• Homologous Structure

• Analogous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Speciation

• Allele Frequency

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