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Evolution When the pieces of the organism changes during many years.
Charles Darwin A scientist who discovered the concept of using natural selection in development to help certain organisms survive.
Theory Of Use-And-Disuse Some of an organism's species that adjust mandatorily because they have to in order to live in their environment or remain alive. The new characteristics or characteristics are then passed on to their offspring.
Acquired Characteristics The parents' offspring will have new traits to help them survive. These are able to be good and will keep going towards many generations.
Selecting Agent How the environment picks you to have a certain trait that benefits them.
Natural Selection (Survival Of The Fittest) When certain organisms are equipped with adaptations to keep reproducing when the organism is doing bad.
Fitness The capability of organisms able to live on their own and transport genes to the next population kind of them.
Adaptation When organisms are born with a new type of something on their body to help them survive.
Gene pool (Frequency) Shows the differences and the similarities in the organism's population. The add up of all of their different parts on a chromosome.
Artificial Selection When you purposely mate organisms together, so they can reproduce.
Homologous Structures Pieces on animals that have almost the same arrangement or from a known old parent.
Analogous Structures Different species that have similar purposes that do not come from an ordinary parent.
Vestigial Structures Undeveloped organs in the body that are minute and effortless compared to linked organisms.
Comparative Anatomy When you make similarities and differences about organisms' bodies.
Comparative Embryology Unborn child that before birth is in the gametes that scientists investigate in.
Comparative Genetics To make similarities and differences about the finished haploid set of dissimilar species.
Comparative Biochemistry When you compare the alikeness and dissimilarity of what remains alive in organic organisms that are parts of the body on the organism.
Fossil Record Rock layers that keep track of the past species alive on our Earth.
Evolutionary Tree Shows relationships with new organisms and old organisms.
Common Ancestor Having an old organism that has similar DNA as you, but it has evolved overtime.
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