1. Evolution vocab

2. Evolution The change in species over time
The process of gradual change in the inherited traits of a population of organisms through successive generations
CHANGE OVER TIME

3. NATURAL SELECTION
A process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.

4. Any change in the DNA of an organism
MUTATION
Any change in the DNA of an organism

5. Adaptation
Behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment

6. The formation of a new species as a result of evolution
SPECIATION
The formation of a new species as a result of evolution

7. Charles darwin
British naturalist who formulated the theory of evolution by natural selection
FATHER OF EVOLUTION

8. Any difference between organisms of the same species
variation
Any difference between organisms of the same species

9. The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past
fossil
The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past

10. The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth
extinct
The disappearance of all members of a species from Earth

11. Geologic time scale
The standard method used to divide the Earth’s long natural history into manageable parts

12. Different characteristics between members of the same species
traits
Different characteristics between members of the same species

13. competition
Ecological relationship in which two or more organisms depend on the same limited resource