Theory of Evolution
A person who studies plants and animals by observing them.
Naturalist
History of life as documented by fossils, the remains or imprints of organisms from earlier geological periods preserved in sedimentary rock.
Fossil Record
Study of similarities and differences among structures of living species.
Comparative Anatomy
Where two plates move toward each other.
Convergent Boundary
When lava cools and crystallizes on Earth’s surface, the igneous rock that forms is called.
Extrusive Rock.
An adaptation that enable a species to bland in the its environment.
Camouflage
The impression of an organism in a rock.
Mold
Body parts of organisms that are similar in structure and position but different in function.
Homologous Structures
Where two plates move apart from each other.
Divergent Boundary
When magma cools and crystallizes inside Earth, the igneous rock that forms is called.
Intrusive Rock
The resemblance of one species to another species.
Mimicry
The preserved evidence of the activity of an organism.
Trace Fossil
Homologous structures, vestigial structures, and fossils provide evidence of?
Evolution
Where plates slide horizontally past each other.
Transform Boundary
Tectonic activity moves rock upward to the surface from below.
Uplift
The breeding of organisms for desired characteristics.
Selective Breeding
A fossil copy of an organism in a rock.
Cast
Body parts that perform similar functions but are different in structure.
Analogous Structures
The area where one plate slides under another.
Subduction Zone
Type of rock that forms where plates collide?
Metamorphic
An inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of surviving and reproducing in its environment.
Adaptation
This occurs when the last individual organism of a species dies.
Extinction
The study of similarities and differences among structures of living species.
Comparative Anatomy
Earth’s crust is broken into rigid plates that move slowly over Earth’s surface.
Theory of Plate Tectonic
Process by which rocks continually change from one type to another.
The Rock Cycle