UNIT 6 EVOLUTION VOCABULARY

Group of organisms that share similar characteristics and can reproduce among themselves

• Fossils

• MOld

• Species

• CAst

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past

• Fossils

• Adaption

• cast

• Fossil Record

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Any variation that makes an organisms better suited to its environment

• Extinct

• Adaption

• Gradualism

• Branching Tree

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Change in inherited characteristics over time

• Evolution

• Natuaral Section

• Cast

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observation

• Petrified Fossil

• cast

• Mold

• Scientific Theory