Amplify Evolutionary History Vocabulary

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What is the term for everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism?

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Environment

Front

What is a graph that uses bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group?

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Histogram

Front

What is the process by which one population evolves into two or more different species?

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Speciation

Front

What term describes when something stays mostly the same over time?

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Stability

Front

What is the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations?

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Natural Selection

Front

What is the term for a characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring?

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Trait

Front

What do we call the remains or traces of organisms from the past?

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Fossil

Front

What is the term for a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring?

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Species

Front

What is the term for the gradual change in a species over time?

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Evolution

Front

What is the term for the survival and reproduction of individuals due to favorable traits?

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Natural Selection