8.ESS2.1 Vocab Review - Rapid/Gradual Change

The gradual movement of Earth's plate tectonics across the globe

• Weathering and Erosion

• Subduction

• Seafloor Spreading

• Continental Drift

The process of breaking down rocks and matter over time

The variety of organisms living in an area

• DNA

• Biodiversity

• Genetic Mutation

• Natural Selection

Rapid and widespread removal of many species

• Ecological Succession

• Cambrian Explosion

• Mass Extinction

• Biodiversity

The movement of rocks and sediment from one place to another

The settling of sediment and rock into a new area

• Volcanic Eruption

• Sedimentary Rock

• Weathering

• Deposition

A trait that allows an organism to survive its environment

• Adaptation

• DNA

• Cell

• Niche

All of the preserved remains that have been catalogued that tell us about Earth's past

• Skeleton

• Cladogram

• Fossil Record

• Strata

The theory that says that processes happen slowly and take time

• Rapidism

• Gradualism

• Catastrophism

• Snail Theory

An organism that has very specific environmental requirements

• Rainforest Species

• Ecological Species

• Rare Species

• Endemic Species