Evolution Vocab. by Andrey Golovin https://padlet.com/131050017078/pcitevdf3e8y By: Andrey Golovin en-us 2018-05-01 14:43:19 UTC 2025-02-22 07:42:41 UTC hello@padlet.com Vestigial Structure: 131050017078 https://padlet.com/131050017078/pcitevdf3e8y/wish/256879389 DEFINITION: A structure in an organism that has lost all or most of its original function in the course of evolution, such as human appendixes.
IN MY OWN WORDS: a feature that no longer seems to have a purpose in the current form of an organism of the given species.
MAKES ME THINK OF: an appendix.
RATING OF UNDERSTANDING: 3.

]]> 2018-05-01 14:47:39 UTC https://padlet.com/131050017078/pcitevdf3e8y/wish/256879389 Geographical Distribution: 131050017078 https://padlet.com/131050017078/pcitevdf3e8y/wish/257659744 DEFINITION: the way that something is distributed over a geographical area and can be represented on a map.
IN MY OWN WORDS: Commonly used to demonstrate the spread of animal species and plants around the world.
MAKES ME THINK OF: People or animals migrating around.
RATING OF UNDERSTANDING: 4]]> 2018-05-03 14:01:24 UTC https://padlet.com/131050017078/pcitevdf3e8y/wish/257659744 Common Ancestry 131050017078 https://padlet.com/131050017078/pcitevdf3e8y/wish/257663961 DEFINITION: Any person to whom two or more persons claim descent; also, the most recent ancestral form or species from which two different species evolved.
IN MY OWN WORDS: There is strong quantitative support for the theory that all living organisms on Earth are descended from a common ancestor.
MAKES ME THINK OF: My grandpa and his parents and their parents.
RATING OF UNDERSTANDING: 3]]> 2018-05-03 14:09:33 UTC https://padlet.com/131050017078/pcitevdf3e8y/wish/257663961 Biological Evolution: 131050017078 https://padlet.com/131050017078/pcitevdf3e8y/wish/257667581 DEFINITION: The process through which the characteristics of organisms change over successive generations, by means of genetic variation and natural selection.
IN MY OWN WORDS: A change in the genetic characteristics of a population over time.
MAKES ME THINK OF: Something changing to the environment overtime.
RATING OF UNDERSTANDING: 3]]> 2018-05-03 14:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/131050017078/pcitevdf3e8y/wish/257667581 Adaptation: 131050017078 https://padlet.com/131050017078/pcitevdf3e8y/wish/257671271 DEFINITION: Adaptation is the evolutionary process where an organism becomes better suited to its habitat. This process takes place over many generations
IN MY OWN WORDS: The action or process of adapting or being adapted.
MAKES ME THINK OF: A rabbit's fur changing colors.
RATING OF UNDERSTANDING: 3]]> 2018-05-03 14:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/131050017078/pcitevdf3e8y/wish/257671271 Advantageous Trait: 131050017078 https://padlet.com/131050017078/pcitevdf3e8y/wish/257674805 DEFINITION: Traits that give organisms the advantage over their competitors. 
IN MY OWN WORDS: Trait providing an advantage or benefit.
MAKES ME THINK OF: A giraffes with a long neck. 
RATING OF UNDERSTANDING: 3]]> 2018-05-03 14:28:37 UTC https://padlet.com/131050017078/pcitevdf3e8y/wish/257674805 Anatomy 131050017078 https://padlet.com/131050017078/pcitevdf3e8y/wish/257679804 DEFINITION: the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is inherently tied to embryology.
IN MY OWN WORDS: A branch which studies primarily the internal structure and design of the structure of living things.
MAKES ME THINK OF: A class you can take in college?
RATING OF UNDERSTANDING: 3]]> 2018-05-03 14:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/131050017078/pcitevdf3e8y/wish/257679804 Fitness: 131050017078 https://padlet.com/131050017078/pcitevdf3e8y/wish/257683081 DEFINITION:  The quantitative representation of natural and sexual selection within evolutionary biology. It can be defined either with respect to a genotype or to a phenotype in a given environment.
IN MY OWN WORDS: A central idea in evolutionary and sexual selection theories.
MAKES ME THINK OF: The gym I go to.
RATING OF UNDERSTANDING: ]]> 2018-05-03 14:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/131050017078/pcitevdf3e8y/wish/257683081 Natural Selection: 131050017078 https://padlet.com/131050017078/pcitevdf3e8y/wish/257685985 DEFINITON: The process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring. The theory of its action was first fully expounded by Charles Darwin and is now believed to be the main process that brings about evolution.
IN MY OWN WORDS: the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype.
MAKES ME THINK OF: The fastest runner outruns the danger?
RATING OF UNDERSTANDING: 3]]> 2018-05-03 14:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/131050017078/pcitevdf3e8y/wish/257685985 Relative Dating: 131050017078 https://padlet.com/131050017078/pcitevdf3e8y/wish/257688357 DEFINITION: The science of determining the relative order of past events (i.e., the age of an object in comparison to another), without necessarily determining their absolute age, (i.e. estimated age).
IN MY OWN WORDS:  The science of determining the relative order of past events.
MAKES ME THINK OF: People looking at rocks all day.
RATING OF UNDERSTANDING: 3]]> 2018-05-03 14:51:40 UTC https://padlet.com/131050017078/pcitevdf3e8y/wish/257688357