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Unit 6, lesson 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Evolution | the process in which inherited characteristics within a population change over generations such that new species sometimes arise |
| Artificial Selection | the human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired traits |
| Natrual Selection | the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals do |
| Variation | the occurence of hereditary or nonhereditary differences between different individuals of a population |
| Mutation | a change in the nucleotide-base sequence of a gene or DNA molecule |
| Adaptation | a characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment |
| Extinction | the death of every member of a species |
| Fossil | the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock |
| Fossil Record | the history of life in the geologic past as indicated by the traces or remains of living things |
| Geologic Time Scale | the standard method used to divide Earth's long natural history into manageable parts |