BIOLOGY IN FOCUS

BLUEPRINT OF LIFE

Chapter 1 Evolution
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Student Worksheet: Terminology—evolution, ). &/#53

selection and inheritance

Using a combination of your text and the glossary, write the meaning of each of Linked to
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the following terms in the column provided.

Term Meaning

Adaptation

*Competition

Evolution

Genes

Genetics

Heredity

Hereditary characteristics

Hypothesis

Inheritance

Macro-evolution

Micro-evolution

Natural selection

Neo-Darwinism

Scientific law

Scientific theory

Selective pressure

Variation

*Additional information: Competition may be intra-specific or inter-specific. Intra-

ific competition
specifi ii (b b
(between members off the
h same species)) lleadsd to change
h
within a population and ultimately to the evolution of new forms or species.
Inter-specific competition (between members of different species) may lead
to the local extinction of an entire population (and, if it is the last remaining
population of that species, to global extinction) or to the formation of a new
species. Competition is therefore a key factor in evolution by natural selection.

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