A group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring.

Groups of individuals of the same species living in the same place.

The process in which inherited characteristics within a population change over generations such that a new species sometimes arises.

The trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago.

A historical sequence of life indicated by fossils found in layers of the Earth's crust.

A genetically determined characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring.

The human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired traits.

When certain genes make organisms more likely to survive and reproduce this occurs.

The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individual.

The period between the birth of one generation and the birth of the next generation.

The formation of new species as the result of evolution.

When an animal produces far more eggs or offspring than they know will survive to adulthood. (Common practice of insects and arachnids)

The naturalist who explained how evolution happens through natural selection.

Which of the following is not evidence of natural selection.

Populations of species are limited by starvation, disease, _____________, and _______________.

One piece of evidence that scientists use to support the theory of evolution in that whales have ____________.

Which of the following DID NOT influence Darwin's theory of evolution?