Evolution and Common Ancestry Vocab - StemScopes

Any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, such as a skeleton, footprint, or shell

• fossil evidence

• former life

• prehistoric

• genetics

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Known as “survival of the fittest”

• Natural Predisposition

• Natural Survival

• Native Selection

• Natural Selection

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Evolve means

• to complete one revolution

• to mature to puberty

• to change or develop gradually over time

• to turn in circles

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Radiation (as is relates to evolution) is

• when one species evolves into many

• sun rays

• when many species evolve into one

• required for a new species to form

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A group of organisms that share a common ancestor is said to have

• common law

• core descent

• common core

• common descent

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The most specific level of organism classification that contains one type of organism is known as the

• domain

• order

• species

• nomad

How living and fossil organisms have evolved on Earth since life first originated on Earth until present day is known as

• The Big Bang Theory

• The Theory of Relativity

• The Pythagorean Theory

• The Theory of Evolution

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the occurrence of an organism, trait, or gene in more than one form

• genetic variation

• genetics

• jeans

• giraffes

The process by which organisms with favorable traits produce more successful offspring than organisms with less favorable traits (something that is able to be passed

from a parent to a child)

• Natural Sedimentary

• General Selection

• Selection with Descent

• Natural Selection

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A characteristic that helps organisms survive

• food

• adaptation

• extinction

• isolation

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