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M13 Evolution Review
Term | Definition |
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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 |