Evolution Vocab

A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring.

• evolution

• adaptations

• species

• mutation

A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring.

• evolution

• adaptations

• species

• mutation

Changes in physical structure, function, or behavior that allow an organism or species to survive and reproduce in a given environment.

• mutation

• adaptations

• evolution

• natural selection

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Changes in physical structure, function, or behavior that allow an organism or species to survive and reproduce in a given environment.

• mutation

• adaptations

• evolution

• natural selection

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

a random error in gene replication that leads to a change

• species

• homologous structure

• evolution

• mutation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

a random error in gene replication that leads to a change

• species

• homologous structure

• evolution

• mutation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Structures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry.

• homologous structures

• mutation

• analogous structures

• evolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Structures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry.

• homologous structures

• mutation

• analogous structures

• evolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Body parts that share a common function, but not structure

• species

• homologous structures

• natural selection

• analogous structures

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Body parts that share a common function, but not structure

• species

• homologous structures

• natural selection

• analogous structures