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Chapter 7 and 8.2 Word Scramble

 
 


 

 
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Word Definition
Adaptationa character or structure that helps an organism live and reproduce successfully in its environment
habitatThe area or place where an organism naturally lives in an ecosystem
diversitythe variety of life
speciesthe basic unit of classification, the division of a genus, made of very similar organiisms that are able to mate and reproduce offspring of the same type
variationa difference within the species
sexual reproductionReproduction through the union of a male and a female gamete, each contributing genetic material to the offspring
zygoteA cell formed by the union of two sets of genes when a male and a female unite; a fertilizied egg
asexual reproductionReproduction in which a single individual copies its genetic material
EvolutionThe concept originated by Charles Darwin, explaining that organisms are the products of historical change and that new species gradually developed from previous ones
natural selectionThe process by which organisms that are adapted to their environment survive and reproduce, passing there traits on to their offspring
populationA group of individuals of the same species living in a particular area
fossilRemains or traces of an organism that lived in the past
extinctReferring to forms of life that have died out
fossil recordRecord of life on earth provided by fossils
moldA fossil impression left in rock by the hard parts of an organism
castA fossil formed by minerals in water that build up in a mold