1. Evolution Vocab #2
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2. Biodiversity Natural Selection Artificial Selection
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Biodiversity
The amount of different species of organisms living in a certain area or the world
Natural Selection
A process that happens in nature in which organisms possessing certain inherited traits are better able to survive and reproduce compared to others of their species.
Artificial Selection
Breeding that humans do to organisms with specific traits in order to produce offspring with identical traits. Example: Dogs
Biochemical Evidence
Comparing the chemical and structural makeup of DNA and chromosomes to tell how long ago organisms shared a common ancestor.
Adaptation
any structure, behavior, or internal process that enables an organism to respond to environmental factors and live to produce offspring
Geographic Isolation
occurs whenever a physical barrier divides a population, resulting in individuals no longer able to mate; causes new species
Charles Darwin
scientist who formulated the theory of evolution by natural selection
Species
group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring in nature