Evolution Questions & Definitions
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| show | a characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment
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| show | a group of organisms that can mate with one another to produce fertile offspring
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| show | the process by which populations accumulate inherited changes over time
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| show | solidified remains or imprints of a once-living organism
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| show | fossils that provide a historical sequence of life
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| vestigial structure | show 🗑
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| trait | show 🗑
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| show | breeding of organisms that have a certain desired trait
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| show | process by which organisms with favorable traits survive and reproduce at a higher rate thatn organisms without the favorable traits
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| generation time | show 🗑
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| show | a species of organism that has died out completely
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| What are the 4 geological time eras? | show 🗑
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| What are the 3 ways you can compare organisms? | show 🗑
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| Who made observations that later became the foundations for his theory of evolution by natural selection? | show 🗑
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| What are the 4 steps to Natural Selection? | show 🗑
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| What are the 3 steps to the formation of a new species? | show 🗑
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| show | ordering fossils to estimate their age
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| absolute dating | show 🗑
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| show | the calendar scientists use to outline the history of life on earth
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| Pangaea | show 🗑
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| How old is our earth? | show 🗑
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| What is your geologic time address? | show 🗑
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| Naturalist | show 🗑
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| Variation | show 🗑
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| Camouflage | show 🗑
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| Mimicry | show 🗑
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| Comparative anatomy | show 🗑
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| Homologous structures | show 🗑
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| show | Body parts that perform a similar function but differ in structure.
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| show | body parts that have lost their original function through evolution.
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| Embryology | show 🗑
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| When compared with other fossils, what structure indicates the ancestor of whales used to walk on land? | show 🗑
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| show | random mutations in genes.
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| show | relative-age dating
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