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Chapt 6 L1 vocab
Chapt 6 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Record of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth. | Fossil Record |
| The impression of an organism in a rock. | mold |
| A fossil copy of an organism made when a mold of the organism is filled with sediment or mineral deposits. | cast |
| The preserved evidence of the activity of an organism. | trace fossil |
| A chart that divides Earth's history into different time units based on changes in the rocks and fossils. | Geologic time scale |
| Event that occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies. | extinction |
| The change over time in populations of related organisms. | biological evolution |
| A person who studies plants and animals by observing them. | naturalist |
| A slight difference in an inherited trait among individual members of a species. | variation |
| The process by which organisms with variations that help them survive in their environment live longer, compete better, and reproduce more than those that do not have the variations. | Natural selection |
| An inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of surviving and reproducing in its environment. | adaptation |
| An adaptation that enables a species to blend in its environment. | camouflage |
| The resemblance of one species to another. | mimicry |
| The breeding of organisms for desired characteristics. | selective breeding |
| The study of similarities and differences among structures of living species. | comparative anatomy |
| Body parts of organisms that are similar structure and position but different in function. | homologous structure |
| Body parts that preform a similar function but differ in structure. | analogous structure |
| Body parts that have lost their original function through evolution. | vestigial structure |
| The science of development of embryos from fertilization to birth is called. | embryology |