Natural Selection, those best adapted to their environment survive, mate, and reproduce, Adaptive radiation, one species evolved into many over time by adapting to a specific environment, Prokaryotic cells, simple cells; evolved 1st; no nucleus, Vestigial structures, no longer used within the organism, embryological development, looking at an organisms development BEFORE birth, Species, group of the same kind of organism that can mate & produce viable offspring, Eukaryotic cells, advanced cells; have a nucleus and membrane bound organelles, Variation, different phenotypes within genes that allow for evolution to occur (ex. brown or blue eyes), Coevolution, when two species evolve to each other, population, a secies that lives in the same area and interacts with each other; smallest group that can evolve, Geographic isolation, a physical barrier that prevents from interacting with others, drug, pesticide & herbicide resistance, evolution caused when bacteria, insects, and plants become immune/resistant to prescription drugs , bug spray, or weed killers, Active immunity, when an organism gets sick, then well again by fighting off disease, Passive immunity, when a mother passes immunity to her baby ibefore birth and through breast mils

Evolution Vocabulary

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