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8 Sci Ch 8

8th Grade Science Chapter 8 Vocabulary

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SPECIES A GROUP OF ORGANISMS WITH MEMBERS THAT REPRODUCE AMONG THEMSELVES IN NATURE.
EVOLUTION CHANGE IN HEREDITARY FEATURES OF A SPECIES OVER TIME.
NATURAL SELECTION ORGANISMS WITH TRAITS BEST SUITED TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT ARE MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE AND REPRODUCE.
VARIATION AN INHERITED TRAIT THAT MAKES AN INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENT FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAME SPECIES.
GRADUALISM MODEL THAT DESCRIBES EVOLUTION AS A SLOW CHANGE OF ONE SPECIES TO ANOTHER SPECIES.
PUNCTUATED EQUILIBRIUM MODEL THAT SHOWS THAT RAPID EVOLUTION CAN COME ABOUT BY THE MUTATION OF JUST A FEW GENES, RESULTING IN THE APPEARANCE OF A NEW SPECIES.
HOMOLOGOUS BODY PARTS THAT ARE SIMILAR IN ORIGIN AND STRUCTURE.
VESTIGIAL STRUCTURE BODY PART THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE A FUNCTION.
EMBRYOLOGY STUDY OF DEVELOPMENT IN ORGANISMS.
DNA THE MOLECULE THAT CONTROLS HEREDITY.
PRIMATES GROUP OF MAMMALS THAT INCLUDES MONKEYS, APES, AND HUMANS.
HOMINIDS HUMAN-LIKE PRIMATES THAT ATE BOTH MEAT AND VEGETABLES AND WALKED UPRIGHT ON TWO FEET.
HOMO SAPIENS OUR SPECIES, MEANING "WISE HUMAN".
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