Test: Evolution Vocabulary

The scientific idea that plants and animals develop and change gradually over a long period of time.

• Evolution
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection
• Artificial Selection

Inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival.

• Evolution
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection
• Artificial Selection

The process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring (babies).

• Evolution
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection
• Artificial Selection

The intentional breeding of plants or animals.

• Evolution
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection
• Artificial Selection

All of the genes available to a particular species.

• Gene Pool
• Genetic Drift
• Speciation
• Isolation

Random change in allele frequencies that occurs in small populations.

• Gene Pool
• Genetic Drift
• Speciation
• Isolation

Emergence of a new species during evolutionary history.

• Gene Pool
• Genetic Drift
• Speciation
• Isolation

When one group, person, or thing is separate from others.

• Gene Pool
• Genetic Drift
• Speciation
• Isolation

The structures in different species with a common ancestor or developmental origin.

• Homologous structures
• Fossils

The remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.

• Homologous structures
• Fossils