Chapter 16.1 Flashcards

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evolution

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Change over time in nature

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2
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fossil

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Preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms

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3
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species vary globally

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Ecologically similar, animals species inhabited separated but ecologically similar habitat around the globe

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4
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rheas and ostriches

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Similar species, one in South America and one in Africa

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5
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tortoises

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Shell shape different habitat, in the Galapagos

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6
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species vary over time

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Some fossils of extinct animals were similar to living species

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7
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armadillo and glyptodont

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Creatures that lived hundreds of years apart from each other

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