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Chapter 10 Vocabulary

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Evolution   Change in a species over time; process of biological change by which descendents come to differ from their ancestors.  
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Species   Group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring.  
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Fossil   Trace of an organism from the past.  
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Catastrophism   Thoery that states that natural disasters such as floods and volcanic eruptions shaped Earth's landforms and caused extinction of some species.  
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Gradualism   Principle that states that the changes in landforms result from slow changes over a long period of time.  
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Uniformitarianism   Theory that states that the geologic processes that shape Earth are uniform through time.  
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Variation   Differences in physical traits of an individual from the group to which it belongs.  
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Adaption   Inherited trait that is selected for over time because it allows organisms to better survive in their environment.  
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Artificial Selection   Process by which humans modify a species by breeding it for certain traits.  
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Heritiability   Ability of a trait to be passed from one generation to the next.  
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Natural Selection   Mechanism by which individuals that have inherited beneficial adaptions produce more offspring on average than do other individuals.  
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Population   All of the individuals of a species that live in the same area.  
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Fitness   Measure of an organism's ability to survive and produce offspring relative to other members of a population.  
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Biogeography   Study of the distribution of organisms around the world.  
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Homologous Structure   Body part that is similar in structure on different organisms but performs different functions.  
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Analogous Structure   Body part that is similar in function as a body part of another organism but is structurally different.  
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Vestigial Structure   Remnants of an organ or structure that functioned in an earlier ancestor.  
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Paleontology   Study of fossils or extinct organisms.  
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