Life Science Evolution and Adaptation

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Where those organisms that adapt best survive most

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natural selection

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A Variation that makes an organism more suited to its surroundings

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adaptation

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Rock most likely to contain fossils?

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sedimentary rock

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Model describing evolution as a slow process

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gradualism

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Body parts similar in structure and origin

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homologous

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The study of organisms in their earliest stages

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embryology

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A trait that makes some of the species different that others

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variation

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Model describing rapid evolution

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punctuated equilibrium

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Change in inherited traits over time

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evolution

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Group of organisms with similar characteristics

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species