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Raczkowski- Evolutio
Raczkowski- Evolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adaptation | Characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment |
| Species | A group of organisms that can mate with one another to produce fertile offspring |
| Evolution | Process by which populations accumulate inherited changes over time |
| Fossil | Solidified remains or imprints of once-living organisms |
| Plate tectonics | forces that drive the movement of pieces of Earth’s crust around the surface of the planet |
| Fossil Record | Fossils that provide a historical sequence of life |
| Vestigial Structure | the remnant of a once-useful anatomical structure |
| Trait | A distinguishing quality that can be passed from one generation to another |
| Selective Breeding | Breeding of organisms that have a certain desired trait |
| Natural Selection | Process by which organisms with favorable traits survive and reproduce at a higher rate than organisms without the favorable trait |
| Mutation | change in the order of the bases in an organism’s DNA |
| Generation Time | Period between the birth of one generation and the birth of the next generation |
| Speciation | Process by which two populations of the same species become so different that they can no longer interbreed |
| Extinct | A species of organism that has died our completely |
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