vocab

Question 1

Fossil

Answer 1

the remains or impression of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form or as a mold or cast in rock.

Question 2

Embryo

Answer 2

an unborn or unhatched offspring in the process of development, in particular a human offspring during the period from approximately the second to the eighth week after fertilization

Question 3

Species

Answer 3

a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.

Question 4

Homologous Structure

Answer 4

similar structures that evolved from a common ancestor.

Question 5

Analogous Structure

Answer 5

similarity of function and superficial resemblance of structures that have different origins.

Question 6

Sedimentary Rock

Answer 6

formed from pre-existing rocks or pieces of once-living organisms.

Question 7

Environment

Answer 7

the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates.

Question 8

Generation

Answer 8

all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively.

Question 9

Population

Answer 9

all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.

Question 10

Individual

Answer 10

single; separate.

Question 11

Heritable

Answer 11

transmissible from parent to offspring.

Question 12

Trait

Answer 12

a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person.

Question 13

Natural Selection

Answer 13

the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tends to survive and produce more offspring.

Question 14

Reproduction

Answer 14

the action or process of making a copy of something.

Question 15

Survival

Answer 15

the state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult circumstances.

Question 16

Adaptation

Answer 16

the action or process of adapting or being adapted.

Question 17

Survival of the Fittest

Answer 17

the continued existence of organisms which are best adapted to their environment, with the extinction of others, as a concept in the Darwinian theory of evolution.

Question 18

Extinction

Answer 18

the fact or process of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants becoming extinct.

Question 19

Fitness

Answer 19

the condition of being physically fit and healthy.

Question 20

Evolution

Answer 20

the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.