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LeRoy Miller
Chapter 7 vocab
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8th Grade
04/16/2014

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adaptation
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a characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment
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species
Definition
the most specific of the seven levels of classification; characterized by a group of organisms that can mate with one another to produce fertile offspring
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evolution
Definition
the process by which populations accumulate inherited changes over time
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fossil
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the solidified remains or imprints of a once-living organism
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fossil record
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a historical sequence of life indicated by fossils found in layers of the Earth's crust
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vestigial structure
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the remnant of a once-useful anatomical structure
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trait
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a distinguishing quality that can be passed from one generation to another
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selective breeding
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the breeding of organisms that have a certain desired trait
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natural selection
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the process by which organisms with favorable traits survive and reproduce at a higher rate than organisms without the favorable trait
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mutation
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a change in the order of the bases in an organism's DNA; deletion , insertion, or substitution
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generation time
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the period between the birth of one generation ant the birth of the next generation
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speciation
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the process by which two populations of the same species become so different that they can no longer interbreed
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