Evolution Vocab: Part 2

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"Survival of the fittest"

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natural selection

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Inherited changes over time

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evolution

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A group of the same species living and reproducing together

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population

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White fur is a(n)

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adaptation

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Humans select organisms to reproduce

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artificial selection

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Organs that no longer serve a purpose

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vestigial

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Large number of species extinct in a short time

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mass extinction

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History of life on Earth as shown by fossils.

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fossil record

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Dinosaur fossils found at cliff bottom, mammal fossils in middle layer. Inference?

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Dinosaurs lived before mammals.

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Makes an organism suited to its environment

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adaptation