Natural Selection and Evolution Vocabulary

A slight difference in an inherited trait between individual members of the same species.

• variations

• adapatations

• homologous structures

• analogous structures

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Studying the development of ____ can provide scientists with evidence that certain species are related.

• fish

• embryos

• Tiktaalik

• vestigial structures

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measure of an organisms's ability to survive and produce offspring relative to other members of a population 

• Natural Selection

• Adaptation

• Fitness

• Variation

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Body parts of organisms that are the same in structure and position but different in function.

• embryos

• homologous structures

• analogous structures

• vestigial structures

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The process in which organisms that possesses the most desirable traits and genes will  be successful in surviving and producing the next generation.

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection

• Artificial Selection

• Selection

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The process in which populations gradually change over time is called: 

• Ecosystem

• Evolution

• Environment

• Extinct specie

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The changes an organism make to its behavior or body structure to be better suited for survival in an environment. 

• Adaptation

• Behavior

• Fossil

• Nutrient

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Natural differences in traits within members of a specie. 

• Adaptation 

• Behavior

• Natural Selection

• Genetic Variation

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A process in nature through which living organisms adapt and change in response to an environmental condition

• Biological Evolution

• Genetic Variation

• Natural selection

• Selective Breeding (artificial selection)

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An inherited trait (Wings, Thick Fur, Camouflage, Hibernation) that increases the chance of survival in its environment

• Adaptation

• Analogous structures

• Homologous structures

• Mutation

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