Chapter 6-The Environment and Change Over Time

Change over time in populations of related organisms.

• biological evolution

• extinction

• isotopes

• fossil record

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Preserved evidence of the activity of an organism.

• fossil record

• mold

• cast

• trace fossil

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Fossil copy of an organism in a rock.

• mold

• cast

• trace fossil

• index fossil

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Similar cells that work together and perform a function.

• organism

• organelle

• tissue

• fossil

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When all individuals of a species have died.

• extinction

• isotopes

• fossil record

• biological evolution

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Impression of an organism in a rock.

• index fossil

• cast

• trace fossil

• mold

Set of all the fossils ever discovered on Earth.

• fossil record

• extinction

• biological evolution

• geologic time scale

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A chart that divides Earth's history into different time units.

• fossil record

• isotopes

• geologic time scale

• biological evolution

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Atoms of the same element that have different numbers of neutrons.

• cast

• mold

• tissue

• isotopes

Characteristic of a species that enables the species to survive in its environment.

• natural selection

• adaptation

• mimicry

• camouflage

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