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biology 1-22-09

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purposed that Earth is shaped by Geological forces that took place over extremely long time (Earth is millions- not thousands- of years old) Hutton
principle that each living species has descended with changes from other species over time. descent with modification
principle that all living things have in common ancestor. common descent
structures that have different mative form in different organsims but develop from the same emboyic tissues Homologous Structures
organ that serves no useful function in an organism vestigal structures
he predicts that the human population grows faster that space and food to sustan to. Malthus
one of first people to purpose how organisms change over time Lamarck
competition among members of a living species for food, living space, and other necessites of life. Struggle for existence
selection by humans for breeding of useful traits from the natural variation among different arganisms Artificial Selection
process by which individuals that are better suited to either environmant survive to reproduce most successfully survival of the fittest
innertied characteric that increases an organsims chance of survival adaptation
ability of an organsim to survuve and reproduce in its envirnmant Fitness
also called survival of the fittest Natural selection
preserved remains or evidence of an ancient organism. Fossil
well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observation theory
change in a kind of organsim over time; process by which modern organsims have descended from ancient organsims. Evolution
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