Chapter 5 - Cells and Heredity
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| species | a group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring.
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| evolution | The gradual change in a species over time.
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| adaptation | A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce.
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| scientific theory | a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations.
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| natural selection | the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce thatn other memebers of the same species.
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| variation | any difference between individuals ot the same species.
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| fossil | the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past.
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| sedimentary rock | rock formed when layers of sediments harded onver millions of years.
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| petrified rock | a fossil formed when minerals replace all or part of an organism.
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| mold | a type of fossil formed when a shell or other hard part of an organism dissolves, leaving an empty space in the shape of the part.
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| cast | a type of fossil that forms when a mold becomes filled in whith minerals that then harden.
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| relative dating | a technique used to determine whcih of two fossils is older.
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| absolute dating | a technique used to determine the actual age of a fossil.
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| radioactive element | An unstable particle that breaks down into a different element.
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| half-life | the time it takes for half of the atoms in a radioactive element to break down.
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| fossil record | the millions of fossils that scientists have collected.
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| extinct | a species that does not have any living members.
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| gradualism | the theory that eveolution occurs slowly but steadily
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| punctuated equilibria | the theory that species evolve during short periods of rapid change.
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| homologous structure | body parts that are structurally similar in related species; provide evidence that the structures were inherited from a common ancestor.
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| branching tree | a diagram that shows how scientists think different groups of organisms are related.
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