Diversity of Life

Characteristics of organisms based on their interaction organisms or their environments

• Biodiversity
• Behavioral Features
• Natural Selection 
• Reproductive Success

The study of heredity 

• Classification 
• Phenotype
• Genotype
• Genetics

The divisions of time throughout history, separated by major events or mass extinctions

• Biodiversity
• Behavioral Features
• Geologic Time
• Classification

Contains hereditary information for a living organism( found within cell's nucleus)20 sec

• DNA
• Fossils 
• Gene
• Species

Beneficial trait that allows an organism to be better suited for survival or reproduction 

• Natural Selection 
• Species
• Adaptation
• Classification 

"Survival of the fittest"

• Reproductive Success
• Morphological Features 
  
• Biodiversity 
• Natural Selection 

The wide variety of living organisms that inhabit the planet

• Biodiversity 
• Extinct
• Classification 
• Species 

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No longer living or in existence on the planet

• Species
• Fossil
• Extinct
• Gene

Characteristics of organisms based on DNA or genetic factors 

• Phenotype 
• Genotype
• Species
• Biochemical Features

The preserved remains of a once living organism

• Species
• Fossil
• Extinct
• Gene