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Evolution Vocab
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Question | Answer |
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What is th process by which individuals are better adapted to therir envoroment and are more likely to survie and reproduce? | Natural Selection |
What is difference between to individuals of the same species called? | Variation |
What is the time it takes for half of the atoms to decay in a sample? | Half-life |
What is a well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations? | Scientific theory |
What is the theory that things eveolve in short burst? | Punctuauted equalibrium |
What is the documentation of the millions of fossils scientists have collected over time called? | Fossil record |
What are unstable elements that decay into other elelments? | Radioactive elements |
What is a hollow space left where the fossil has decayed? | Mold |
What is a process comparing the age of two fossils by their placement in sedimentary rock? | Relative dating |
What are gradual changes in a species over time called? | Evolution |
What are fossils that have been turned to stone called? | Petrified fossil |
What is a trait that helps an organism survie called | Adaptation |
What is the theory that things evolution occurs slowly but steadily? | Gradualism |
What is a diagram that shows how scientists think different groups of organisms are realted called? | Branching tree |
What is a process that tests the radioactive materials within a fossil to tell its actual age? | Radioactive dating |
What are preserved remains of an organism that lived in the past called? | Fossils |
What is it called when no memeber of a species is liveing? | Extinction |
What is the copy of the shape of an organism? | Cast |
What is the factor in natural selection where organisms attmept to survive using the same limited resource? | Competition |
What is the factor of Natural Selection where there are more offspring than can possibly survive on given resources? | Over production |