Evolution Vocabulary

3. Are the specific traits in each plant or animal cell that gets passed down to the next generation
4. When an animal looks just like another plant or animal to confuse a predator
6. When a plant or animal dies off and is no longer present on the earth
8. Changes plants and animals can make fairly quickly to survive a change in the environment
10. A plant or animal that came before, a long time ago
12. Scientist who understood the traits passed down were made of genes which were made up of a special code, DNA
14. Place on a cladogram where lines intersect that indicates a common ancestor
15. A part of a plant or animal that is no longer useful, but still present
18. An animal that eats other animals
19. French biologist who was the first t notice animals and plants changed to fit their environment
20. When scientists select for certain traits in a lab depending on what certain people want.

1. When a plant or animal changes so much over time it is basically a new plant or animal
2. An unplanned or accidental change in the DNA
5. Those plants and animals best suited to the environment will survive and have more offspring
7. A plant or animal that blends into the surroundings
9. Scientist who studied evolution and realized that the strongest would survive and have more offspring
11. A diagram that shows how plants or animals are related
13. Changes tha occur in the DNA of plants and animals that occur over a long time so they are better able to survive
16. The specific code that makes up the gene or specific trait
17. Plants or animals that have similar genes and look very similar