Term
|
Definition
| The specific environment that provides the things an organism needs to live, grow and reproduce. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| When no members of a species are still alive. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
- Organisms of the same species that have different alleles for genes and thus have unique traits,
- mutations and
- the rearrangement of genes during meiosis
|
|
|
Term
| What factors have contributed to diversity of species? |
|
Definition
| Different environments, genetic variation & time have worked through natural selection to create _______ of species. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A ___ ______ ___ ____ when a group of individuals remain isolated from the rest of its species long enough to evolve different traits |
|
|
Term
| Name 5 ways scientists infer evolutionary relationships among species? |
|
Definition
Scientists have combined the evidence from:
- DNA
- Protein structure
- Fossils
- Early development
- and body structure
in order to determine ___ ___ among species. |
|
|
Term
| What causes the extinction of a species? |
|
Definition
| ____ is caused by a change in a species' environment. The members of that species may not have adaptations that allow them to survive and reproduce in that changed environment. |
|
|
