Galapagos - islands that Darwin visited, genetic variation - refers to the variety and diversity of living things, evolution - gradual and slow change over time, natural selection - the mechanism by which evolution occurs, Charles Darwin - proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection, finches - animals studied by Darwin; had different shaped beaks depending on the island they were from, mutation - any change in an organism's DNA that creates variations in species, fossils - preserved remains of ancient organisms, adaptation - a characteristic/trait that helps an organism survive, mimicry - a structural adaptation that allows an organism to resemble another organism in order to protect itself from predators, vestigial - structures that no longer have a current function, homologous - structures that are similar in the make up but have different functions, analogous - structures that are made differently but have similar functions, extinction - when organisms disappear from the earth, camouflage - a structural adaptation that allows an organism to blend into its environment and appear to be "hiding", survival of the fittest - another term used to refer to natural selection, speciation - the formation of a new species, A - the grade you are going to make on your evolution unit test, Inheritance - the process by which genetic information is passed on from parent to offspring, trait - specific characteristic of an organism that was genetically determined,

Evolution Vocabulary

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