Theory of Evolution

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Theory of Evolution
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Vocabulary Words

1. Artificial selection
2. Natural selection
3. Mimicry
4. Camouflage
5. Homologous Structure
6. Analogous structure
7. embryo

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Unit Evolution
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Artificial selection

• Breeding organisms with specific traits in order
  to produce off spring with identical traits.

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Natural Selection

• Organisms with favorable variations survive,
  reproduce, and pass their variations to the next
  generations.

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Mimicry

• A structural adaptation that enable one species
  to resemble another species.

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Camouflage

• An adaptation that enables species to blend with
  their surroundings.

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Homologous Structures

• Structural features with a common evolutionary
  origin.

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Analogous structures

• Body parts of organisms that do not have a common
  evolutionary origin but are similar in function.

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embryo

• Earliest stage of growth and development of both
  plants and animals.