Artificial Selection
When you change the environmental conditions yourself
artificial selection
Inherited trait that increases an organism’s chance of surviving and reproducing in its environment
adaptations
An adaptation that enables a species to blend in with its environment
camouflage
The idea that all animals come from a common animal
common ancestor
The last individual organism of a species dies
extinction
The breeding of organism for desired characteristics
The three categories of natural selection
behavioral, structural, and functional
Resemblance of one species to another species
mimicry
A slight difference in an inherited trait of individual members of a species
variation
Impression of an organism in a rock
mold
Identifying certain genes and moving them from one organism to another
Define Natural Selection
the process by which population of organisms with variations that help them survive in their environments live longer, compete better, and reproduce more than those that do not have the variations.
The study of similarities and differences among structures of living species
comparative anatomy
body parts that perform a similar function but differ in structure
Analogous structures
Preserved evidence of the activity of an organism
trace fossil
Getting two dogs to breed to try and get the traits you want for both dogs is an example of
selective breeding
The peppered moth changing its colors from mimicking the lichen on trees and then the black dust on the trees is an example of what
adaptation
The science of the study of embryos from fertilization to birth
embryology
Body parts of organisms that are similar in structure and position but different in function
Homologous structures
A fossil copy of an organism in a rock
cast
Alternating the DNA strand of an organism to get the exact traits you want is an example of
genetic engineering
A polar bear surviving in the harsh cold and a black bear dying in the same environment is an example of what
natural selection/survival of the fittest
the body gets buried and minerals turn the organism into a rock form
mineralization
Body parts that have lost their original functions through evolution
Vestigial structure
Bees stuck in amber is an example of what type of fossil
Original material fossil