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Evolution change over time; process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organism
Fossil preserved remains of traces of ancient organisms
Artificial Selection selective breeding of plants and animals to promote occurrence of desirable traits in offspring
Adaptation heritable characteristic that increases an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce in an environment
Fitness how well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment
Natural Selection process by which organisms that are most suited to environment survive & reproduce most successfully (survival of the fittest)
Biogeography study of past and present distribution of organisms (living then and now)
Homologous Structure structure similar to different species among ancestry
Analogous Structure body parts similar in function but not structure
Vestigial Structure structure inherited from ancestors but has lost much of original function
Binomial nomenclature classification system in which each species is assigned a two part specific name
Taxon (taxa) group or level of organization into which organisms are classified
Domain larger more inclusive taxonomic category than kingdom
Kingdom largest and most inclusive group (below domain)
Phylum group of similar classes
Class group of similar orders
Order group of similar families
Genus Group of similar species
Species Group of similar families
Family Group of similar genera
Bacteria domain of unicellular prokaryotes that have cell walls containing peptidoglycan
Archaea domain consisting of unicellular prokaryotes that have cell walls that do not contain peptidoglycan
Archaebacteria Eukarya- domain consisting of all organisms having nucleus; includes protists, plants, fungi, animals
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