CSHS Biology Unit 11

An inherited trait that has become common in a population because the trait provides a selective advantage

• adaptation
• genus
• speciation
• analagous structure

Similar in function but not structure

• adaptation
• analagous structure
• homologous structure
• vestigial structure

Classification system in which each species is assigned a two-part scientific name

• fossil
• cladogram
• binomial nomenclature
• taxonomy

A diagram that is based on patterns of shared, derived traits and that shows the evolutionary relationships

• Evolution
• Taxonomy
• Cladogram
• domain

A group that contains similar orders

• class
• species
• family
• phylum

Process by which unrelated organisms independently evolve similarities when adapting to similar environments

• embryology
• natural selection
• adaptive radiation
• convergent evolution

A group that contains similar kingdoms

• phylum
• species
• domain
• family

Study of embryos of various organisms

• natural selection
• embryology
• speciation
• evolution

A change in the inherited characteristics of species over generations

• theory
• evolution
• adaptation
• population

A group that contains similar orders

• phylum
• kingdom
• family
• domain