8.L.4, evolution, natural selection
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| evolution | how living things change over a long time
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| genetics | the study of how characteristics of living things are transmitted from one generation to the next
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| adaptation | evolutionary process where an organism becomes better suited to its habitat over time
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| variation | something slightly different from others of the same type (example: green eyes and blue eyes)
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| homologous | body parts on two different organisms that have similar structure and position on the body because of a common ancestor (arms of person and front legs of a horse)
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| analogous | two organisms having similar body parts because were needed since they lived similar lives (example: bee wings and hummingbird wings) They do not have a common ancestor.
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| embryological | branch of biology that deals with the formation, early growth and development of living organisms
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| taxonomy | grouping of things by their common traits
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| natural selection | process where animals adapt to their environment in order to survive (survival of the fittest)
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| domain | All organisms are grouped into three large groups using things they have in common (Groups are: Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya)
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