Ch. 7-8 Vocab

Question 1

Species

Answer 1

A group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring

Question 2

Evolution

Answer 2

Inherited characteristics within a population change over generations

Question 3

Fossil

Answer 3

The remains of once living organisms found in layers of the rock

Question 4

Fossil record

Answer 4

Fossils found in layers of earths crust.

Question 5

Trait

Answer 5

Determined characteristic

Question 6

Selective breeding

Answer 6

The human practice of breeding animals

Question 7

Natural selection

Answer 7

Individuals that survive

Question 8

Speciation

Answer 8

New species as a result of evolution

Question 9

Fossil

Answer 9

Remains of an organism

Question 10

Relative dating

Answer 10

Event or object is older or younger than other

Question 11

Absolute dating

Answer 11

Measuring the age

Question 12

Geologic time scale

Answer 12

Divides the Earths long natural history

Question 13

Extinct

Answer 13

Species that has died out completely

Question 14

Plate tectonics

Answer 14

A theory

Question 15

Precambrian time

Answer 15

Geologic time scale

Question 16

Paleozoic era

Answer 16

Followed the Precambrian

Question 17

Mesozoic era

Answer 17

Lasted for 251 million years ago

Question 18

Cenozoic era

Answer 18

Recent geologic era

Question 19

Primates

Answer 19

Mammal characteristic

Question 20

Hominid

Answer 20

Primate characteristic

Question 21

Homo sapiens

Answer 21

The species of homominds

Question 22

Adaption

Answer 22

Characteristic that improves an individual’s ability it’s to survive