Evolution Vocabulary

2. an organism that is the offspring of a specific ancestor
4. process by which organisms that are most suited to an environment survive and reproduce (also called survival of the fittest)
7. individual from which all the organisms of the set are descended.
11. the formation of a new species
13. heritable characteristic that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in an environment
14. heritable characteristic
15. a group of individuals of the same species

1. a group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring
3. Change in a population over time.
5. process where organisms produce offspring
6. process where two species evolve in response to each other
8. the children of a parent
9. the evolution of a species by the gradual accumulation of small genetic changes over long periods of time
10. an organism's role in its environment
12. an individual of a species