8th Grade Topic 5 Lesson 1 Early Study of Evolution Vocabulary

an inherited behavior or physical characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.

• species

• variation

• evolution

• adaptation

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 any difference between individuals of the same species.

• variation

• evolution

• adaptation

• scientific theory

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a group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce.

• variation

• evolution

• species

• adaptation

a well-tested explanation for a wide range of observations or experimental results.

• adaptation

• scientific theory

• evolution

• variation

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change over time; the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms.

• evolution

• fossil

• adaptation

• species

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the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past.

• scientific theory

• adaptation

• evolution

• fossil

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