Vocabulary
Show me the Evidence
It's a Process
Curves
Mrs. Lynch
100
A process of change in species over time.
Evolution
100
Evidence showing organisms with similar DNA, RNA or Proteins are closely related.
Molecular Evidence
100
The process in which organisms better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce.
Natural Selection
100
Selection that favors the average trait in a population.
Stabilizing Selection
100
What generation is Mrs. Lynch? Millenial or Boomer?
Millenial
200
An inherited trait that increases an organism’s chance of survival.
Adaptation
200
The study & comparison of early development among species.
Embryology
200
The struggle among organisms to survive in an environment with limited resources.
Competition
200
Selection that favors one extreme version of a trait.
Directional Selection
200
Town that Mrs. Lynch lives in
Trumbull
300
Differences among individuals in a population.
Variation
300
Structures that no longer serve their original purpose.
Vestigial Structures
300
Organisms that are best suited for their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.
Survival of the fittest
300
Selection that favors both extreme traits over the average trait.
Disruptive Selection
300
Number of children Mrs. Lynch has
2
400
The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce.
Fitness
400
Structures that are similar because they were inherited from a common ancestor.
Homologous Structures
400
The process by which humans choose desirable traits in organisms.
Artificial Selection
400
Name of the graph showing how common traits are distributed in a population.
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Bell Curve
400
Is Mrs. Lynch a Beach or Mountain Person?
Beach!
500
A change in DNA that can introduce new traits into a population.
Mutation
500
Structures that function similar BUT are NOT structurally the same.
Analogous Structures
500
TRUE or FALSE: An organism can evolve over time
FALSE
500
When environmental conditions determine which traits are most successful.
Selection Pressure
500
How tall is Mrs. Lynch
5' 4"