Evolution Flashcards
What does EVOLUTION mean?
The theory that life on Earth has developed from simple unicellular organisms to the complex variety of multicellular organisms seen today.
What is NATURAL SELECTION?
Darwin’s mechanisms for Evolution: that individuals in a population vary with only the best adapted to their environment surviving to reproduce and pass on their advantageous characteristics to their offspring.
What does EXTINCT mean?
No individuals of the species still live in the world today.
What does ENDANGERED mean?
The population of the animal is dangerously
low.
What is BIODIVERSITY?
The large variety of living things on the world.
What is CONSERVATION?
It is the protecting of the natural environment to prevent any further damage and enable all species to flourish.
