Evolution Vocabulary

Occurs when the environment changes and the adaptations of a species are no longer sufficient for its survival

• extinction

• natural selection

• evolution

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The variety of alleles in a population 

• natural selection

• adaptation

• genetic variation

• fossil

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The process by which organisms with favorable adaptations survive and reproduce at a higher rate than organism with less favorable adaptations

• homologous structures

• natural selection

• cladogram

• ancestor

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A historical sequence of life on Earth based on the sequence of fossils

• fossil

• fossil record

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A remain or trace of an organism form the past, such as a skeleton or leaf imprint, embedded and preserved in Earth’s crust

• fossil

• fossil record

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Animals with backbones

• invertebrates

• vertebrates

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Body structures that have a common origin but do not necessarily perform the same function

• cladogram

• ancestor

• homologous structures

• evolution

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A tree-like diagram that displays evolutionary relationships among living species and their ancestors

• fossil record

• cladogram

• homologous structures

• genetic variation

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An organism from which others have descended

• evolution

• natural selection

• cladogram

• ancestor

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The process of how organisms acquire adaptations/change over time

• adaptation

• natural selection

• evolution

• fossil

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