Evolution Vocabulary

The emergence of a new species.

• genetic drift
• extinction
• speciation
• evolution

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The disappearance of a species.

• Evolution
• Extinction
• Migration
• Mutation

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Group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring.

• species
• gene pool
• population
• homologous structure

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Structures that no longer serve a purpose.

• Homologous structures
• gene pool
• population
• Vestigial structures

Difference in location or timing of mating, leading to speciation.

• geographic isolation
• reproductive isolation
• punctuated equilibrium
• speciation

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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Structures that have common evolutionary origins, provide evidence for common ancestor.

• Species
• Vestigial Structures
• Population
• Homologous Structures

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

Gradual change in a population through adaptations over time.

• migration
• directional selection
• evolution
• speciation

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Group of organisms all of the same species, living in the same place at the same time.

• gene pool
• population
• species
• evolution

The idea that evolution seems to occur in spurts of time.

• stabilizing selection
• directional selection
• disruptive selection
• puntuated equilibrium

All of the genetic information found in a population.

• population
• genetic drift
• evolution
• gene pool