Adaptation
Individuals in a given species have small and large differences that make them unique yet similar
What is Variation?
An orderly classification system that gives the order in which geological processes, major events and life forms have happened on Earth
A long gradual change that an organism progresses through to become a new species
What is Evolution?
All members of a species are gone from Earth
What is extinction?
What are characteristics?
This allows for organisms to evolve into new organisms on the Earth
What is Biodiversity?
The youngest layers are on the top, the oldest layers are on the bottom in an undisturbed strata of sand or rock
What is the Law Of Superposition
Evidence suggests that all life forms descended from one organism.
What is common ancestor?
The process by which traits are passed from parents to offspring increasing a population of organisms chances of survival
What is natural selection?
They help all creatures survive in their habitat and are special physical features or behaviors
What are attributes?
Traits that help an organism survive long enough to reproduce
What is an adaptation?
A science that deals with Earths physical make-up and processes
What is Geology?
A group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce healthy offspring
What is a species?
An animal or person's young
An organisms genetic make-up
What is a genotype?
A organism that has two different alleles for a given trait.
What is a hybrid?
Its the placing of events or organisms in chronological order based on their position in the geologic record
What is relative dating?
The theory that evolution occurs slowly but steadily
What is an Inbreed?
The factors that control traits or characteristics
This is what happens when DNA is changed or damaged
The remains or impression of remains of a living organism preserved or petrified as a rock
What is a Fossil?
The theory of the evolution of species by natural selection
What is Darwinism?
An abnormal condition that a person inherits from his/her parents
What is a genetic disorder?
An offspring of many generations that have the same trait or traits
What is a purebred