Evolution

Question 1

Adaptation

Answer 1

a feature of an organisms body which helps its survive

Question 2

Radiation

Answer 2

energy carried by particles from a radioactive substance or spreading out from a source

Question 3

Natural Selection

Answer 3

the process where organisms are better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring

Question 4

Speciation

Answer 4

the formation of new, distinct species in evolution

Question 5

Selective Advantage

Answer 5

the characteristic of an organism that enables it to survive and reproduce better than other organisms in a population

Question 6

Isolation Barrier

Answer 6

A barrier which prevents exchange of genes from a species

Question 7

Selection Pressures

Answer 7

The extent to which organisms having a characteristic are either eliminated of favoured by environmental demands

Question 8

Mutations

Answer 8

random changes to genetic material

Question 9

Alleles

Answer 9

two or more forms of a gene that (arise by mutations) and found at the same place as a chromosome

Question 10

Fertile offspring

Answer 10

baby/child of an organism

Question 11

Evolution

Answer 11

different kinds of organisms developed from earlier forms during the history of earth