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Fossil Evidence..
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fossil Record | made up of all the fossils every discovered on Earth |
| Mold | the impression of an organism in a rock |
| Cast | a fossil copy of an organism in a rock |
| Trace Fossil | the preserved evidence of the activity of an organism |
| Geologic time scale | a cart that divides Earths history into different time units |
| Extintion | occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies. |
| Biological evolution | the change over time in population of related organism |
| Naturalist | a person who studies plants and animals by observing them |
| Variation | a slight difference in inherited trait of individual members of a species |
| Natural Selection | the process by 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 |
| Adaption | an inherited trait that increases an organisms chance of surviving and reproducing in its environment |
| Camouflage | an adaptation that enables a species to blend in with its enviroments |
| Mimicry | the resemblance of one species to another species |
| Selective Breeding | the breeding of organisms for desired characteristics |
| Comparative Anatomy | the study of similarities and differences among structures of living things |
| Homologous Structures | body parts of organisms that are similar in structure and position but different in function |
| Analogous Structures | body parts that preform a similar function through evolution |
| Vestigial Structure | body parts that have lost their original function through evolution |
| Embryology | the science of the development of embryos from fertilization to birth |