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Changing Life Unit
Term | Definition |
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Variations | is a slight difference in an inherited trait of individual members of a species. |
Mutations | are random genetic changes that result in new variations |
Natural Selection | the process by which populations of organisms with variations that help them survive, live longer, and compete better and reproduce more than those that do not have those variations. |
Adaptation | an inherited trait that increases an organism’s chance of surviving and reproducing in its environment. |
Camouflage | an adaptation that enables a species to blend in with its environment. |
Mimicry | an adaptation that imitates the appearance of another species. |
Comparative Anatomy | is the study of similarities and differences among structures of living species. |
Homologous structures | are body parts of organisms that similar in structure and position but different in function. |
Analogous structures | Body parts that perform a similar function but differ in structure. |
Vestigial structures | are body parts that have lost their original function through evolution. |
Taxonomy | the classification and organization of something, especially organisms. |
Linnaean classification | a way of organizing living things. In biology, plants and animals have traditionally been classified by the structure of their bodies, in a descending hierarchy of categories: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, and species. |
He wrote the book "Origin of Species" | Charles Darwin |
The name of Charles Darwin's voyage | HMS Beagle |