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Science Flash Cards
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and produce | Species |
| Change over time; the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms | Evolution |
| The preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past. | Fossil |
| An inherited behavior or physical characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment. | Adaptation |
| A well tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results. | Scientific Theory |
| The process by which organisms that are best adapted to their environment are most likely to survive and reproduce. | Natural Selection |
| The struggle between two organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resources in the same place at the same time. | Competition |
| How well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment. | Fitness |
| The process by which two species evolve in response to changes in each other over time. | Coevolution |
| All the fossils that have been discovered and what scientists have learned from them. | Fossil Record |
| The young organism that develops from a zygote. | Embryo |
| Structures that are similar in different species and that have been inherited from a common ancestor. | Homologous Structores |
| Term used to refer to a group of related organisms that has died out and has no living members. | Extinct |
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