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Evolution Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Homeostasis | maintaining an internal "balance" |
| Natural Selection | "Survival of the Fittest", the best traits are passed on to the offspring. |
| Population | group of organisms that live together in the same area |
| Evolution | gradual change over time |
| Adaptations | characteristic that helps the survival of an organism |
| Homologous structure | structures that are similar in the way they look but have different functions |
| Variation | differences |
| Charles Darwin | Father of Evolution |
| Fossil | evidences of organisms that are dead |
| Overproduction | produce more offspring than the environment can support; produce more offspring than can surive |