Evolution Vocabulary
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- Q1The gradual change in a species over timeacquired traitsfitnessadaptationevolution30s
- Q2preserved remains or traces of ancient organismsgene pooltransitional formsfossillaw of superposition30s
- Q3the top rock layer and its fossils is the youngest and the bottom layer is the oldestLaw of Superpositionstabilizing selectiongeographic isolationpunctuated equilibrium30s
- Q4a technique used to determine which of two fossils is oldergradualismfossilnatural selectionrelative dating30s
- Q5any method of measuring the age of an event or object in yearsspeciationevolutionabsolute datingadaptation30s
- Q6Structures in different species that are similar in appearance, but do not have the same functionfossilhomologous structuresspeciestransitional forms30s
- Q7body parts that share a common function, but are not similar in structurefitnessanalogous structuresvestigial structuresgenetic variation30s
- Q8a structure that is present in an organism but no longer serves its original purposespeciationhomologous structuresevolutionvestigial structures30s
- Q9the study of embryos and their developmentgradualismspeciationgene poolembryology30s
- Q10fossils that connect ancestral species with their descendants through a series of tiny stepsfossilstransitional formsevolutionvestigial structure30s
- Q11species acquire traits during their lifetime and pass them on to their offspringlaw of superpositionfitnessevolutiontheory of acquired traits30s
- Q12traits that are gained during your lifetimegradualismacquired traitspopulationevolution30s
- Q13a process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at a higher rate than other individuals because of those traitsevolutionnatural selectionspeciaitiongene pool30s
- Q14how well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environmentgenetic variationfitnessspeciesadaptation30s
- Q15the natural or genetic ability of an organism to avoid or repel attacks by biotic agentsacquired traitsgene flowgenetic driftbiological resistance30s