Evolution Vocab (set 2)

Structures that develop similarly from similar embryological tissue and support common descent

• Analogous Structure

• Homologous Structure

• Vestigial Structure

• Gene Pool

An inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of surviving and reproducing

• adaptation

• natural selection

• artificial selection

• homologous structure

Structures that serve similar functions but develop differently and do not serve as evidence of common descent.

• analogous structure

• homologous structure

• vestigial structure

• gene pool

The breeding of plants and animals to produce desirable traits using the natural variation available to humans.

• natural selection

• fitness

• artificial selection

• reproductive isolation

the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time

• Ornithology

• Geology

• Biogeochemistry

• Biogeography

Different groups of organisms are related in geologic history having descended from a common ancestral population.

• Variation

• Descent with modification

• Common Descent

• Adaptation

The passing of traits from parents to offspring. Through mutations and genetic shuffling, the offspring are different from the parents

• Common Descent

• Descent with Modification

• Adaptation

• Fitness

The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce

• common descent

• genetic drift

• speciation

• fitness

Organisms that are better suited to their environment are usually the ones that survive and reproduce. Those that are not better suited are usually the ones that die. Dead things don't make babies.

• Artificial Selection

• Common Descent

• Gene Pool

• Natural Selection

The changes or differences among members of a population

• Genetic Drift

• Gene Pool

• Variation

• Natural Selection