Cards (11)

    • Ability of an organism to adjust and thrive in a given environment.
      Adaptation
    • Structures in different organisms that are similar in function but different in origin.
      Analogous structures
    • An increase in similarities among species derived from different ancestors as a result of similar adaptation to similar environment.
      Convergent evolution
    • An increase in the difference among descendants of a single ancestral species as time passes.
      Divergent evolution
    • Species change over time.
      Evolution
    • Ability to survive and produce offsprings.
      Fitness
    • Remains of once living things, fossil remains include bones, shells, teeth and also feces.
      Fossils
    • A segment of DNA or RNA that codes for protein or RNA, a molecular unit of hereditary trait.
      Gene
    • Parts of different organisms that are similar in structure but serve different functions.
      Homologous structures
    • The process by which an organism produces offspring and thus perpetuate the species.
      Reproduction
    • Differences in traits of organisms in a population.
      Variation