Evolution Academic Vocabulary

What does the word "mimic" mean?

• to sing

• to copy

• to watch

• to create

If someone on the news is talking about the "mortality" rate, what are they referring to?

• the number of organisms living

• the number of organisms dying

• the overall number of organisms

• the size of organisms

If I want to find out the "validity" of something.....what do I want to know?

• how true/accurate something is

• how fast something can travel

• how tall something is

• how much something weighs

What word is used to describe facts or information that support an idea?

• hearsay

• evidence

• documentation

• information

Which word means that something is inserted or embedded?

• accomodation

• implantion

• elimination

• evacuation

Which word is used to describe where something or someone came from?

• developed

• originated

• ceased

• terminated

If I were to describe when and where the first computer was built, I would be describing the _____________ of computers.

• conclusion

• details

• behavior

• origin

Delay means to .............

• speed up

• slow down

• alternate

• change

When volcanoes are not active, they are in a state of ________________.

• waiting

• emergency

• dormancy

• animation

"Advantageous" means that something is.............

• harmful

• beneficial

• exciting

• interesting