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BIO
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A trait that increases an organism's survival | adaptation |
| Change over time | evolution |
| random changes in DNA | variation |
| The ability to survive and reproduce | fitness |
| anatomical structure not from a common ancestor | anaogous structure |
| anatomical structure with reduced function | vestigial structure |
| anatomical structure inherited from a common ancestor | homologous structure |
| early, pre-birth stage of an organism's development | embryo |
| distribution of plants and animals around the world | biogeography |
| traits that appear in past organisms | ancestral trait |
| newly evolved traits | derived trait |