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Evolution Unit Vocabulary

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Review important terms for the study of evolution.

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Evolution Unit VocabularyOnline version

Review important terms for the study of evolution.

by Kathy Dilliplane
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Organisms that are the best adapted to their environment are the ones that will live long enough to reproduce and pass on their favorable adaptations

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The process by which a species adapts to its environment over a relatively short period of time

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The process by which species give rise to other species over a long period of time

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The complete body of fossils that shows how species and ecosystems change over time

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The evolutionary termination of a species caused by the failure to reproduce and the death of all remaining members of the species

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___ structures have different mature forms, but developed from the same structure in a common ancestor

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The number of individuals of the same species living in the same area at the same time

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A trait that increases the chances that an organism will survive and reproduce

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___ structures are nonfunctioning body parts left over from similar, useful structures in an organism’s ancestor

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Natural differences between individuals in a population

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Genetic change in a population of a species over time

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The most specific classification of living things; organisms that are more closely related to each other than to anything else living

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Changes in a DNA sequence that affect genetic information; the source of all variation in living things

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A well-supported and useful scientific explanation that ties together many hypotheses and observations

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A naturalist who proposed and provided scientific evidence that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors through the process of natural selection

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