8.L.4.1-Evolution Vocab Quiz

When organisms change over time, so modern organisms descended from ancient ones

Any genetic change in a population that is inherited over several generations

Intentional breeding of plants and animals to preserve traits that breeders want

The process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive longer and produce more offspring

The genetic contribution of an individual to the next generation’s gene poo

Inherited traits that improve an organism’s chance of survival and reproduction in a certain environment

Science that deals with the physical history of the Earth and the changes it is and has undergone

The branch of Science concerned with the bodily structures of humans, animals, and other living organisms

Any fossil which gives us information about a transition from one species to another; helps support the Theory of Evolution

A theory that states the Earth’s crust is made up of a number of plates which move over a liquid crust that get created and destroyed over time