Evolution Study Guide

Match each term to its definition: the process by which different kinds of living organisms have changed over time.

• evolution

• adaptation

• cladogram

• speciation

• variation

Match each term to its definition: mechanism by which individuals have inherited beneficial adaptations and can produce more offspring.

• natural selection

• speciation

• adaptation

• cladogram

• variation

Match each term to its definition: all of the individuals of a species that live in the same area.

• speciation

• cladogram

• population

• variation

• adaptation

Match each term to its definition: differences in physical traits of an individual within a population.

• variation

• cladogram

• speciation

• adaptation

• evolution

Match each term to its definition: the branch of biology that studies the early development of a species; evidence of evolution.

• embryology

• cladogram

• speciation

• adaptation

• variation

Match each term to its definition: a diagram that displays proposed evolutionary relationships among a group of species.

• evolution

• variation

• cladogram

• speciation

• adaptation

Match each term to its definition: evolution of two or more species from one ancestral species.

• variation

• adaptation

• cladogram

• speciation

• evolution

Match each term to its definition: an inherited trait that allows an organism to better survive in its environment.

• adaptation

• evolution

• cladogram

• speciation

• variation

Match each term to its definition: a body part that is similar in structure on different organisms but performs different functions.

• adaptation

• cladogram

• homologous structure

• speciation

• variation

Match each term to its definition: remains of an organism that lived in the past.

• fossil

• cladogram

• variation

• adaptation

• speciation