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Chapter 6
lesson 1 and 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring | species |
| the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past | fossil |
| a trait that helps and organism survive and reproduce | adaptation |
| a gradual change in a species over time | evolution |
| a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations | theory |
| the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than other members of the same species | natural selection |
| any difference between individuals of the same species | variation |
| similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor | homologous structures |
| a diagram that shows how scientists think different groups of organisms are related | branching tree |