Monday, March 12, 2018

Vocabulary of Evolution

Using your own words define or give an example of one the following vocabulary words. 


Adaptation Embryology Evolution Gradualism Hominid Homo Sapien Natural Selection Punctuated Equilibrium  Species Homologous Vestigial structure Variation Fossil Record Cladogram Node Taxa ( Taxon ) Analogous Structures


46 comments:

Ember said...

A cladogram is the same thing as a phylogenetic tree.

Olivia Tarbox said...

Evolution: is the change over time.

Taylor said...

Cladogram - a branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species.

kaleb said...

Evolution: The gradual development of something over time.

Anonymous said...

Fossil record: A term used by paleontologists to refer to the total number of fossils that have been discovered

Emily Martin said...

Adaptation - The process of being adapted.

Nicole said...

taxas are letters that stand for the spices on the Cladogram.

Baylie A said...

adaptation: when an organism becomes better suited to its environment.

Isabella S. said...

Embryology is the study and comparison of embryos from different organisms.

Alivia said...

Adaptation - The process of adapted to something.

rhyse said...

Natural selection is were animals survive and reproduce.

Cordelia Porell said...

Evolution: Organisms that change over the years or over time.

Anonymous said...

nodes tell what organism are on a cladogram

JOCEY said...

Taxa ( Taxon ) : A SPECIES
NODE: AN ORGANISM
CLADOGRAM : THE P.TREE THAT ORGANISMS ARE PUT ON TO.

Hayden said...

Fossil record: A term used by paleontologists to refer to the total number of fossils that have been discovered

Anonymous said...

Natural selection: Is when species survive for a period of time and can also reproduce.

Abbie B. said...

Embryology: The study of embryos.

Tyler L. said...

Evolution - How animals change and adapt over time.

madyson said...

Evolution: Evolution means the changing of an organism over time.

Joseph said...

Adaptation: When a organism is suited to a new environment.

Hunter Murphy said...

A homosapien is a human

ALYSSA said...

Homo sapien: a scientific name for a human.

Anonymous said...

adaptation- when an organism becomes better suited to its environment.

Anonymous said...

Evolution is change of species over time

Julia Ryan said...

Adaptation: an adaption an organism develops to an environment over time.

Meghan said...

natural selection is the process that every species goes through to create adaptation to help it survive in the world.

William Travis said...

Homo Science is the scientific name for a human.

Ava-Mae Hymer said...

Embryology is the study of embryos

Amelia M said...

An adaptation is a trait an organism develops to help them become better suited to their environment.

Anonymous said...

Homo Sapien: EX. Humans.

Ben Pooler said...

evolution: evolution is how things change over time

Travis said...

A cladogram is the same thing as a phylogenetic tree

Anonymous said...

Natural selection is the survival of the fittest. Only the strongest will continue and pass on traits to the next generation.

Fiona M. said...

Natural Selection: The process where favored traits in an organism are passed on and when less favorable traits decline.

Kaitlyn said...

A species is a group of the same type of animals.

elias said...

an example of natural selection is when brown and white bunnies are in the arctic, the brown bunnies don't blend in to the arctic so their more likely to die. This means over time that white bunnies will soon takeover the bunny population.

Anonymous said...

Claodogram is a chart to show how different species are connected and how long animals have been there.

Stella Wyman said...

adaptation : an adaption an organism gets to environments over time.

brandy said...

Evolution is when a organism changes over time. :)

Allie Nichols said...

Adaptation is when an animal blends into there environment.

Kailey said...

adaptation is a positive mutation the helps an organism survive

sen de said...

evolution: is when a mutation acrs and chanings a speasheas

Kaylah Swan said...

Embryology is the study of embryos.

Elana said...

Homo Sapien : A human

Jess M said...

homo sapien is just a fancy schmancy word for 'human'.

Brandon.G. said...

Homo Sapien: Is human.