Evolution Vocabulary

A characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment and reproduce.

• Speciation

• Population

• Adaptation

• Evolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals can over time.

• Artificial Selection

• Natural Selection

• Inherited Traits

• Relative dating

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

No more living members of the species are still alive.

• Extinct

• Natural Selection

• Evolution

• Relative dating

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The formation of a new species.

• Camouflage

• Limiting Factor

• Speciation

• Population

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A group of the same species that interbreed and live together in one area.

• Population

• Evolution

• Acquired Traits

• Law of Superposition

A theory stating that things change over time

• Evolution

• Adaptation

• Extinct

• Fossil Record

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Characteristics offspring get from birth due to the gene combinations of their parents, these are innate as well (natural).

• Inherited Traits

• Acquired Traits

• Mass Extinction

• Artificial Selection

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Characteristics that an organism will develop over time due to experiences, their environment and choices, these can be learned as well

• Acquired Traits

• Inherited Traits

• Fossil Record

• Relative dating

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A large number of species within a relatively short period of geological time go extinct.

• Mass Extinction

• Selective Breeding

• Camouflage

• Coevolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Selecting parents that have characteristics of interest in the hope that their offspring inherit those desirable characteristics.

• Inherited Traits

• Absolute Dating

• Selective Breeding

• Law of Superposition