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MVMS Evolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acquired characteristics | Characteristics acquired during an organisms lifetime that are NOT passed down to offspring (ex – tattoos) |
| Adaptation | A variation that makes an organism better suited to its environment. Examples are: long claws, good sense of smell, white coat, blubber |
| Evolution | A change in inherited characteristics of a species over time |
| Fossil | The remains, imprints or evidence of past life. They are most likely to be found in sedimentary rock. |
| Gradualism | A slow change of one species to a different new species. |
| Homologous structures | Structures that evolved from similar body parts (ex. Bat wing and human arm) |
| Law of Superposition | Younger rock layers are on top of older rock layers |
| Mutation | Can be good if it allows the organism to better survive in its environment |
| Natural selection | The survival and reproduction of organisms best adapted to their surroundings. Darwin’s theory based on his observations in the Galapagos Islands |
| Species | A group of organisms with similar characteristics that can reproduce among themselves |
| Theory | A explanation of things or events based on scientific knowledge resulting from many observations and experiments. |
| Variations | Differences between organisms of the same species. |
| Vestigial Structure | Something that seems to have no function (ex. the human appendix) |
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