C190 WGU- Intro to Biology, Unit 8. Questions & Answers, rated A+ 2024

Adaptations - -are traits that an organism has that allow it to be better suited for its environment. Evolution - -is a change in inherited (genetic) features that occurs in populations and higher-level groups over time. Microevolution - -is a process that occurs within a single population as inherited traits become more or less common from one generation to the next. Macroevolution - -involves bigger changes that occur more slowly and cannot be directly observed in most cases. microevolution - -occurs when the type or frequency of the alleles and genoytpes in a population change over one to many generations time. selection - -occurs whenever some genetic types in a population reproduce more than others in a given environment. natural selection - -is a process by which nature impacts the evolution of a population. adaptive traits - -traits that give an organism a reproductive advantage i a particular environment