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Chapter 10 Vocab

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Evolution Is the process of biological change by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors
Species Is a group of organisms so similar to one another that they can reproduce and have fertile offspring
Fossils Are traces of organisms that existed in the past
Catastrophism States that natural disasters such as floods and volcanic eruptions have happened often during earth's long history
Gradualism Principle that states that the changes in landforms result from slow changes over a long period of time
Uniformitarianism Proposes that present geologic processes are the key to the past
Variation Is the difference in the physical traits of an individual from those or other individuals in the group they belong
Adaptation Is a feature that allows an organism to better survive in its environment
Artifical Selection Process by which humans modify a species by breeding it for certain trait
Heritability Is the ability of a trait to be passed down from generation to the next
Natural Selection Is a mechanism by which individuals that have inherited beneficial adaptations produce more offspring an average than do other individuals
Population Is all the individuals of a species that live in an area
Fitness Is a measure of the ability to survive and produce more offspring relative to other members of the population in a given environment
Biogeography The study of the distribution of organisms around the world
Homologous Structure Are features that are similar in structure but appear in different organisms and have different functions
Analogous structure Are structures that perform a similar function-in this case, flight- but are not similar in origin
Vestigial Structures Are remnants of organs or structures that had a function in an early ancestor
Paleontology The study of fossils or extinct organisms, continues to provide new information and support current hypotheses about how evolution occurs
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