Evolution Vocabulary

1. An adaptation that allows organisms to blend in with the environment.
3. The process in which organisms in an environment have advantageous traits which allows them to live longer and reproduce more individuals with those traits.
4. The breeding of plants of animals that have certain desired traits.
7. Body parts that share a function, but are different in structure.
9. a change over time.
10. an inherited trait that increases the chances of survival and reproduction for an organism in a certain environment.
11. Similarities in gene sequences and DNA.
14. A branch in biology that focuses on why species are in trouble, and how to save them.
15. The creation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution.
16. The remains or traces of organisms that were once alive on Earth.
17. Structures that are present in organisms that no longer have a purpose.
18. A physical feature of an organism's body, that has a function for survival.
19. the similarities between 2 species.

2. An adaptation that involves the inside of organisms.
5. When the last individual of a species dies.
6. Structures in different species that are similar because they share a common ancestor.
8. A person who studies and observes plants and animals.
12. The study of the development of embryos
13. An adaptation that involves the way an organism acts.
20. A naturalist who came up with a theory of evolution by natural selection.