Chapter 5- The Evolution Of Living Things

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

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Species

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A characteristic that improves an individual’s ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment

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Adaptation

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The process in which inherited characteristics within a population change over generations such that new species sometimes arise

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Evolution

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The trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock

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Fossil

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A historical sequence of life indicated by fossils found in layers of the earths crust

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Fossil record

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What kind of bird did Darwin study

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Finches

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A genetically determined characteristic

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Trait

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The human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired traits

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Selective breeding

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First part of natural selection where many babies are born, but only a certain number live

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Overproduction

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Second part of natural selection where every individual has it’s own combination of traits

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Inherited variation

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Third part of natural selection where only some will survive predators and hunger

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Struggle to survive

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Fourth part of natural selection where the best adapted animals survive to reproduce

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Successful reproduction

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The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals do; a theory to explain the mechanism of evolution

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Natural selection

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The period between the birth of one generation and the birth of the next generation

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Generation time

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The formation of new species as a result of evolution

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Speciation