Evolution Test Vocabulary

Type of evolution: cases where two (or more) species reciprocally affect each other’s evolution

• coevolution

• convergent evolution

• divergent evolution

• parallel evolution

“survival of the fittest”  a mechanism of evolution

• Natural Selection

• Genetic Drift

• Mutation

• Gene Flow

an organism's ability to survive and pass its genetic material to its offspring (reproduce).

• Adaptation

• Fitness

• Survival of the Fittest

• Natural Selection

body parts in different species that have similar functions but evolved separately, meaning they do not come from a common ancestor and do not share similar structures.

• Homologous

• Analogous

• Convergent

• Divergent

Shows slow, steady, change within a population over time

• Punctuated Equilibrium

• Gradualism

• Catastrophism

• Natural Selection

Type of selection that favors one extreme

• Stabilizing

• Disruptive

• Directional

• Balancing

Accounts for large genetic variations in isolated populations, an extreme example of genetic drift.

• Bottleneck Effect

• Founder Effect

• Gene Flow

• Mutation

Type of evolution in which Homologous structures are structures that indicate that a species is breaking away from its ancestor in this type of evolution.

• Convergent Evolution

• Parallel Evolution

• Divergent Evolution

• Adaptive Radiation

Evidence of Evolution that shows changes in geographical features explain fossil species distribution

• Paleontology

• Biogeography

• Genetics

• Anthropology

The 5 Evidences of Evolution Include

• Anatomy, Embryology, Biogeography, Fossils

• Anatomy, Chemistry, Geology, Fossils

• Anatomy, Embryology, Biogeography, Biochemistry

• Anatomy, Ecology, Biogeography, Genetics