natural selection Flashcards

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Adaptation

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means to adapt to an environment in needs to survive

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Species

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is the group of species

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Evolution

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is a change in body to adapt to the environment

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Fossil

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the remains of animals such as bones

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Fossil Record

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is a group of fossils that are studied

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Trait

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the characteristics or quality’s

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7
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Selective Breeding

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is when animals are selected to breed together

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Natural Selection

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t he process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment

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Generation time

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is the interval between a parent and offspring

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Speciation

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the formation of new species

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11
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Relative Dating

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the process of determining if one rock or geologic event

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Absolute Dating

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the process of determining an age on a specified chronology

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Geologic Time Scale

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system of chronological dating that classifies geological strata in time

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14
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Extinct

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non living animal group

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15
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Plate Tectonics

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a theory explaining the structure of the earth’s crust

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16
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Primate

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A primate is a euthanasia mammal constituting

17
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Hominid

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a primate of a family

18
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Homo sapiens

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a member of the Homo Sapiens species