Evolution Key Vocabulary

Evolution Key Vocabulary

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Biology

12th Grade

Hard

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ZELASKO LAUREN

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1.

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Natural Selection

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The process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

2.

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Evolution

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The change in the heritable characteristics of populations over generations.

3.

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Adaptations

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Traits that improve an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.

4.

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Heredity

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The passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another.

5.

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Speciation

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The formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution.

6.

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Fitness

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An organism's ability to survive, reproduce, and pass on its genes to the next generation in a given environment.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Homologous structures

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