Evolution

how living things change over time

• evolution
• natural selection
• variation
• embryological

the STUDY of how characteristics of living things are transmitted (passed) from one generation to the next.

• evolution
• natural selection
• genetics
• taxonomy

process where animals adapt to their environment in order to survive (survival of the fittest)

• adaptation
• natural selection
• analogous structures
• domains

evolutionary process where an organism becomes better suited to its habitat over time

• taxonomy
• genetics
• variation
• adaptation

The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past

• Adaptation

• Species

• Fossil

• Evolution

Organisms with traits best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce

• Natural Selection

• Evolution

• Petrified Fossil

• Cast

Inherited trait that makes an individual different from other members of the same species

• Variation

• Evolution

• Branching Tree

• Adaptation

All living organisms (biotic factors) in an area as well as its physical environment (abiotic) functioning together form _____

• adaptation
• fossil
• ecosystem
• ecology

The observable response or reaction of an organism, an individual, or a system to a situation. 

• Adaptation
• Behavior
• Fossil record
• Characteristic

This provides information about the history of life on earth and how organisms lived and evolved over time.

• fossil data
• fossil evidence
• fossil  record
• remains of fossil