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Chapter 6!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| made up of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth | Fossil Record |
| Impression of an organism in a rock | Mold |
| a fossil of an organism in a rock | Cast |
| the preserved evidence of the activity of an organism | Trace Fossil |
| a chart that divides Earth's history into different time units | Geologic time scale |
| when the last individual organism of a spices 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 of a species | Variation |
| the process which populations of organisms with variations that help them survive in their environments live longer, compete better, and reproduce more than those that do not have the variations | Natural selection |
| is an inherited trait that increases an organism chance of surviving and reproducing in its environment | Adaptation |
| an adaptation that enables a species to blend in with its environment | Camouflage |
| the resemblance of one species to another species | 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 in structure and position but different in function | Homologous structures |
| Body parts that perform a similar function but differ in structure | Analogous structures |
| body parts that have lost their original function through evolution | Vestigial structures |
| The science of the development of embryos from fertilization to birth | Embryology |