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Unit 5 Vocab

TermDefinition
Adaptation Any structure or behavior that allows a population to survive in their environment.
Analogous Different structures with common functions.
Competition Two organisms fighting for resources in the same environment.
Common Ancestry A link between organisms present today and those that have gone extinct.
Evolution Gradual change in a species over time.
Extinction The death of every member of a species.
Homologous Similarly built structures with different functions.
Invertebrate Organisms without a backbone.
Mammal Organisms that has hair, mammary glands, and regulates its own body temperature.
Natural Selection When organisms survive, reproduce, and pass favorable traits to the next generation.
Species Organisms of the same kind that can reproduce and create offspring.
Strata Layers of rock (sedimentary rock)
Variation Different forms of the same trait shown by species in the same population.
Vertebrate Organism with a backbone.
Vestigial A body structure that at one time was very useful, however now it has limited functions.
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