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Evolution of Life

Terms and Concepts from our Evolution Unit

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5 Many animals display behaviors that suggest that have varying forms of this evolutionary advantage
7 This group of highly intelligent birds includes crows, jays and ravens
8 Changes in gene frequencies that accompany starting a new population from a small number of individuals
10 The change of organisms over time resulting from variation and environmental pressures
11 One of the earliest examples of intelligence evolving, this group includes octopus and cuttlefish
12 When the alleles of a population change through random events rather than through natural selection pressure
13 The ship Darwin spent three years aboard as naturalist and developed his theories
14 19th century naturalist who identified the major force behind evolution
15 Type of evolution when organisms develop similar features due to similar environmental pressures
19 Adapting wild organisms to human uses; typically involves genetic changes and human dependence
1 The permanent elimination of an entire group of organisms, usually a species
2 The comparison of similar features in developing organisms between conception and birth
3 Russian scientist whose radical experiment in fox breeding showed how domestication can occur
4 Remains of organisms that have mineralized over millions of years
6 The term Darin used to identify the pressure that changed organisms over time as their environments changed
7 Species develop together with features that each benefit the other as they evolve
9 An animal that is a member of a wild species that has been conditioned to tolerate humans
16 Type of evolution when organisms develop different features form a common ancestral feature
17 Archipelago most commonly associated as the birthplace of Darwin's theory
18 A type of genetic drift when a species' population is greatly reduced, increasing the impact
20 Changes in organisms caused by modification of gene expression rather than mutation
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