Evolution Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
evolution | change over time |
fossil | preserved remains of an ancient organism |
fitness | ability of an individual to survive and reproduce in a specific environment |
adaptation | inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival |
natural selection | the process by which organisms with variations most suited to their environment survive and leave more offspring than others |
homologous structures | body structures that are similar in different species of common ancestry |
vestigial structures | body structures with little or no function |
biogeography | study of past and present distribution of organisms |
artificial selection | the process by which humans breed other animals and plants for particular traits. |
anaglogous structures | body structures that share a common function but not structure |
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Mrs.Stichter
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