Evolution

The process in which organisms with traits well suited to an environment are more likely to survive and to produce offspring is

• trait mechanisms

• origin of species

• genetic principles

• natural selection

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In biology, all of the individuals of a species that live together in one place at one time are called a

• Population

• Community

• Species

• Ecosystem

A change in the genetic makeup of species over time is called

• Camouflage

• Evolution

• Genetic Drift

• Survival

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The process by which a species becomes better suited to its environment is

• Industrialization

• Adaptation

• Destructive isolation

• Reproduction

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Structures that share a common ancestry or are similar because they are modified versions of structures from a common ancestor are

• Homologous Structures

• Analogous Structures

• Vestigial Structures

• Embryos

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Structures with no function that are remnants of an organism’s evolutionary past are

• Homologous Structures

• Vestigial Structures

• Analogous Structures

• Embryos

The hypothesis that evolution of a species occurs in spurts of change separated by periods of little or no change is called

• divergence

• isolation

• gradualism

• punctuated equilibrium

The hypothesis that the evolution of different species occurs at a slow constant rate is called

• punctuated Equillibrium

• divergence

• transitionism

• gradualism

When a species permanently disappears, the species is said to be

• Adapted

• Extinct

• Evolved

• Mutated

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The process by which new species form is called

• Extinction

• Divergence

• Adaptation

• Speciation

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