The mechanisms of evolution. What is evolution? How has evolution lead to the current diversity of organisms?
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| 1366570311 | organisms belonging to a group of organisms that having common characteristics and are capable of mating with each other | Species | 1 | |
| 1366570312 | Characteristics that an offspring inherits from its parents. | Aquired Characteristics | 2 | |
| 1366570313 | a driving force in the evolution of a species that favors changes according to environmental conditions | Natural Selection | 3 | |
| 1366570314 | New organisms produced by a living thing, the product of the reproductive processes of an animal or plant | Offspring | 4 | |
| 1366570315 | Rigorous and systematic formulation of the principles of science, philosophy, or any other form of knowledge | Theory | 5 | |
| 1366570316 | Is the evolutionary process whereby an organism becomes better able to live in its habitat or habitats | Adaptation | 6 | |
| 1366570317 | to receive (a characteristic) from one's parents by genetic transmission | Inherit | 7 | |
| 1366570318 | Is the proof used to reveal a theory. | Evidence | 8 | |
| 1366570319 | the variety or variability of living organisms in an environment | Biodiversity | 9 | |
| 1366570320 | the area or natural environment where an organism or community live | Habitat | 10 | |
| 1366570321 | The process through which a new species is born. | Speciation | 11 | |
| 1366570322 | A gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form. | Evolution | 12 | |
| 1366570323 | The genetic characteristics that distinguishes us from others. | Diversity | 13 | |
| 1366570324 | The simultaneous demand by two or more organisms for limited environmental resources, such as nutrients, living space, or light. | Competition | 14 | |
| 1366570325 | A natural or artificial process that favors or induces survival and perpetuation of one kind of organism over others that die or fail to produce offspring. | Selection | 15 | |
| 1366570326 | reduction of alleles in a population (resulting from a disaster that drastically reduces population size). | Genetic Drift | 16 | |
| 1366570327 | A change of the DNA sequence within a gene or chromosome of an organism resulting in the creation of a new character or trait not found in the parental type. | Mutation | 17 | |
| 1366570328 | the gain or loss of alleles from a population by the movement of individuals (immigration or emigration). | Gene flow | 18 | |
| 1366570329 | The collective genetic information contained within a population of sexually reproducing organisms. | Gene pool | 19 | |
| 1366570330 | changes in the gene pool of a population over time which result in relatively small changes to the organisms in the population — changes which would not result in the newer organisms being considered as different species. | Microevolution | 20 | |
| 1366570331 | changes in organisms which are significant enough that, over time, the newer organisms would be considered an entirely new species. | Macroevolution | 21 | |
| 1366570332 | Differences among individuals in the composition of their genes or other DNA segments | genetic variation | 22 | |
| 1366570333 | the irreversible disaearance of a population or species | extintion | 23 | |
| 1366570334 | A complex molecule containing the genetic information that makes up the chromosomes | DNA | 24 | |
| 1366570335 | A theory that describes how organisms change over many generations. | Theory of Evolution | 25 | |
| 1366570336 | Structures that do not have a common evolutionary origin but are similar in function | analogous structure | 26 | |
| 1366570337 | Structures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry. | homologous structure | 27 | |
| 1366570338 | The comparison of body structures and how they vary among species | comparative anatomy | 28 | |
| 1366570339 | Grouping of organisms based on their physical traits and similarities in DNA. | biological classification | 29 | |
| 1366570340 | Branch of biology concerned with identifying, naming and classifying species | taxonomy | 30 |
