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10 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Evolution | "change over time" |
| Adaptation | an organism's ability to change due to its environment |
| Gradualism | evolution that occurs slowly over a long period of time |
| Abiogenesis | "without life's origin" |
| Phylogeny | the evolutionary history of an organism; can be diagrams using cladogram |
| Convergent Evolution | unrelated organisms becoming more alike due to a shared environment (ex. fish and whales) |
| Genetic Drift | alteration of allelic frequencies (how often you see the allele in a population) due to evolution |
| Speciation | formation of a species from a pre-existing species |
| Divergent Evolution | related organisms evolving to become less alike |