Adv. Biology Vocab Crossword

Change in species over time, process of change by which a species deviates in physical and genetic structure from its ancestors. Defined by Darwin as “descent with modification”
Idea proposed by James Hutton, is the idea that changes on the earth and the life on it occured in gradual small steps over long periods of time
Idea proposed by Charles Lyell, idea that whatever geological or biological processes that shaped the Earth and it’s life are still occurring today
Idea proposed by George Cuvier, idea that mass extinctions and the creations of landstorms were caused by super disasters that occurred thousands of years ago.
The remains or traces of organisms form the past
The theory that more recent species of organisms are changed descendants of earlier species that have gone extinct
The process by which organisms best suited to the environment survive, reproduce, and pass their genes onto the next generation
When humans modify other species by selecting and breeding individuals with desired traits
Existence of shared ancestry between a pair of structures, or genes
natomical structures that occur in different species and that originated by heredity from a structure in the most recent common ancestor.
Remnants of features that served a function in the organism's ancestors but are no longer useful.
When different groups of organisms develop similar traits independent from one another.
Diagrams that reflect hypotheses about the relationships among different groups.
Evolution of similar features in distantly related groups.
The history of life on Earth, based on fossils that have been discovered.