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Vocab Review
Science flash cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The process by which individuals are better adapted to their enviorment and are more likely to survive and reproduces is called | Adaption |
| Any difference between individuals of the same species | Variation |
| The time it takes for half of the atoms in a sample to decay is its | Half life |
| A well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations is a | Scientific theory |
| The theory that species evolve quickly during short busts of time is | punctuated equalibria |
| Documentation of the milions of fossils scientists have collected over time is called the | Fossil Record |
| Unstable elements that decay or break down into different elements are | Radioactive elements |
| Similar structures that related species have inherited from common ancestors are called | homogolous structures |
| A hollow space left where the fossil has decayed or dissolved is called a | mold |
| a process comparing the age of two fossils by their placement in the sedimentary rock is | relitive dating |
| Gradual changes in a species over time is called | gradualism |
| Fossils that are buried in sediments and actually changed into rock are | petrified fossils |
| a trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce is an | adaption |
| the theory that evolution occurs slowly but steadily is | gradualism |
| A diagram that shows how scientists think different groups of organisms arerelated is a | branching tree |
| preserved remais of an organism that lived in the past are | fossils |
| a copy of the shape of the organism that made it is called a | cast |
| thisa factor in natural selection as organisms attempt to survive using the same limited resources | competition |
| Evidence that related species had a common ancestor because of the way their bodies are automatically constructed similar ways | homogolous structures |
| This factor in Natural Selection happens when there are more offspring than can possibly survive on the given resource | overproduction |
| A group of organisms that can mate together and create fertile offspring. | Species |