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20-21 Savvas Topic 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mechanism | The natural process by which something takes place. |
| fitness | How well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment. |
| fossil record | All the fossils that have been discovered and what scientists have learned from them. |
| homologous structures | Structures that are similar in different species and that have been inherited from a common ancestor. |
| embryo | A young organism that develops from a fertilized egg. |
| species | A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce. |
| fossil | The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past. |
| natural selection | The process by which organisms that are best adapted to their environment are most likely to survive and reproduce. |