Unit 8 Bio Vocab Evolution

all of the changes that have transformed life on Earth from the earliest beginnings to the diversity of organisms in the world today

• Biological evolution

• Microevolution

• Macroevolution

• Variation

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evolution that occurs on a small scale affecting a single population

• Biological evolution

• Microevolution

• Macroevolution

• Variation

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evolution on a large scale affecting changes in species across populations

• Biological evolution

• Microevolution

• Macroevolution

• Variation

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exists in the body structures and characteristics (phenotypes) of the individuals within every population and is controlled by the organism's genotype and the environment.

• Biological evolution

• Microevolution

• Macroevolution

• Variation

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a process that occurs because the individual members of a population have different traits which allow them to interact with the environment either more or less effectively than the other members of the population.

• Natural selection

• Adaptation

• Fitness

• Species

• Gene pool

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a measure of how a particular trait contributes to reproductive success in a given environment

• Natural selection

• Adaptation

• Fitness

• Species

• Gene pool

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a group of organisms that share similar characteristics and can interbreed with one another to produce fertile offspring

• Natural selection

• Adaptation

• Fitness

• Species

• Gene pool

all genes, including all the different alleles, of all of the individuals in a population

• Natural selection

• Adaptation

• Fitness

• Species

• Gene pool

the study of the embryonic development of organisms (pre-birth, pre-hatching, pre-germination)

• Embryology

• Anatomy

• Biochemistry

• Paleontology

• Phylogeny

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the study of the structures of organisms

• Embryology

• Anatomy

• Biochemistry

• Paleontology

• Phylogeny