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MR V LS.11

POPULATIONS OF ORGANISMS CHANGE OVER TIME

TermDefinition
SPECIES A GROUP OF SIMILAR ORGANISMS THAT CAN MATE WITH EACH OTHER AND PRODUCE OFFSPRING THAT CAN ALSO MATE AND REPRODUCE
EVOLUTION CHANGE OVER TIME; THE PROCESS BY WHICH MODERN ORGANISMS HAVE DESCENDED FROM ANCIENT ORGANISMS
FOSSIL THE PRESERVED REMAINS OR TRACES OF AN ORGANISM THAT LIVED IN THE PAST
ADAPTATION AN INHERITED BEHAVIOR OR PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC THAT HELPS AN ORGANISM SURVIVE AND REPRODUCE IN ITS ENVIRONMENT
SCIENTIFIC THEORY A WELL-TESTED EXPLANATION FOR A WIDE RANGE OF OBSERVATIONS OR EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
NATURAL SELECTION THE PROCESS BY WHICH ORGANISMS THAT ARE BEST ADAPTED TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT ARE MOST LIKELY TO SURVIVE AND REPRODUCE
COMPETITION THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN ORGANISMS TO SURVIVE AS THEY ATTEMPT TO USE THE SAME LIMITED RESOURCES IN THE SAME PLACE AT THE SAME TIME
FITNESS HOW WELL AN ORGANISM CAN SURVIVE AND REPRODUCE IN ITS ENVIRONMENT
FOSSIL RECORD ALL THE FOSSILS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED AND WHAT SCIENTISTS HAVE LEARNED FROM THEM
EXTINCT TERM USED TO REFER TO A GROUP OF RELATED ORGANISMS THAT HAS DIED OUT AND HAS NO LIVING MEMBERS
MUTATION A CHANGE IN THE DNA SEQUENCE OF AN ORGANISM
HABITAT
GENETIC VARIATION
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
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