Evolution Vocab

An inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival

• adaptation
• fitness
• variation
• evolution

Genetic Change in a population over a long time

• adaptation

• evolution

• variation

• fitness

Ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment

• evolution
• adaptation
• fitness
• speciation

Combined genetic information of all the members of a particular population

• variation
• speciation
• gene pool
• fitness

Process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully

• adaptation
• evolution
• natural selection
• fitness

Group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area

• population
• species
• gene pool
• speciation

Formation of a new species

• natural selection
• evolution
• speciation
• variation

Different traits within a population

• speciation
• fitness
• natural selection
• variation

RANDOM change in DNA that can give rise to variation among individuals

• Genetic Drift

• Gene Pool

• Evolution

• Mutation

The process by which humans have chosen and bred animals and plants with beneficial traits.

• Fitness

• Artificial Selection

• Natural Selection

• Speciation