Evolution Vocabulary Review

the process by which species adapt over time in response to their changing environment

• evolution

• macroevolution

• microevolution

• endosymbiosis

encompasses the grandest trends and transformation in evolution

• microevolution

• morphology

• macroevolution

• evolution

changes in allele frequency that can be observed within a population

• evolution

• macroevolution

• taxonomy

• microevolution

process that results in the adaptation of an organism to its environment by mean of selectively reproducing changing in its genotypes

• gene flow

• species

• natural selection

• fitness

the capacity of an organism to pass on its DNA to its progeny

• gene drift

• gene pool

• species

• fitness

the biological mechanism by which organisms adjust to new environments

• adaptation

• sexual selection

• species

• fossils

the combination of all the genes present in a reproducing population or species

• taxonomy

• endemic species

• genetic drift

• gene pool

the change in frequency of an existing gene variant in the population due to random chance

• biochemistry

• species

• genetic drift

• genetic equilibrium

the introduction of genetic material from one population of a species to another

• gene flow

• genetic equilibrium

• fossils

• endemic species

the attraction of mates to each other in order to gain traits that enhance species survival

• binomial nomenclature

• genetic equilibrium

• sexual selection

• endemic species