6.1

Question 1

Adaptation

Answer 1

a characteristic that improves an individual’s ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment

Question 2

Species

Answer 2

a group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring

Question 3

evolution

Answer 3

the process in which inherited characteristics within a population change over generations such that new species sometimes arise

Question 4

fossil

Answer 4

the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock

Question 5

fossil record

Answer 5

a historical sequence of life indicated by fossils found in layers of the Earth’s crust

Question 6

Rock cycle

Answer 6

How rocks are created and broken down continuously

Question 7

sedimentary rock

Answer 7

Types of rock that are formed by the deposition of material at the Earth’s surface and within bodies of water

Question 8

metamorphic rock

Answer 8

Created through heat and pressure

Question 9

igneous rock

Answer 9

Starts off like magma then it cools and become citified

Question 10

Superimposition

Answer 10

The oldest rock layer are on the bottom and the newest layers are at the top