Evolution Flashcards
1
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The adjustments or changes in an organism to better fit into its environment
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Adaptation
2
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Major evolutionary change.
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Macroevolution
3
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Evolution
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Descent with modification
4
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The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms
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Evolution
5
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describes the ability to both survive and reproduce
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Fitness
6
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The process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
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Natural selection
7
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the act or process of changing in genetics
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Variation
8
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Evolutionary change over a short period.
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Microevolution
