Evolution Vocab Quizizz

change over time; the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms

• evolution

• natural selection

• fitness

• gradualism

preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms

• fossil

• amber

• mass extinction

• background extinction

heritable characteristic that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in an environment

• evolution

• fitness

• adaptation

• coevolution

process by which organisms that are most suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest

• evolution

• natural selection

• gradualism

• convergent evolution

selective breeding of plants and animals to promote the occurrence of desirable traits in offspring

• punctuated equilibrium

• fitness

• natural selection

• artificial selection

changes in anatomy, phylogeny, ecology, and behavior that take place in clades larger than a single species

• macroevolutionary patterns

• genetics

• adaptive radiation

• adaptations

extinction caused by slow and steady process of natural selection

• gradualism

• background extinction

• coevolution

• biogeography

event during which many species become extinct during a relatively short period of time

• gradualism

• homologous structures

• background extinction

• mass extinction

the evolution of a species by gradual accumulation of small genetic changes over long periods of time

• coevolution

• fitness

• gradualism

• vestigial structures

pattern of evolution in which long stable periods are interrupted by brief periods of more rapid change

• gradualism

• punctuated equilibrium

• background extinction

• biogeography