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Traits that are passed down to offspring- not genetic

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Acquired trait

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Rock layers

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Strata

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Structures with no function

EX: appendix, tailbone

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Vestigial structures

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How absolute age is determined

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Radiometric dating

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The process by which different species evolve similar traits

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Convergent evolution

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Survival of the fittest

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Natural selection

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Two different species evolve together

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Convolution

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Lowest= oldest
Highest= youngest
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Principle of superposition

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Related function, similar origin

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Homologous structures

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What can be determined by the principle of superposition?

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The age of fossils (relative age)

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Closely related functions, not same structure

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Analogous features

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In order to be considered an evolutionarily favorable trait, the trait must increase the individual’s…

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Ability to survive and reproduce

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Four parts of darwins theory of natural selection

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Overproduction, genetic variation, struggle to survive, differential reproduction

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How does antibiotic resistance in bacteria illustrate natural selection?

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Increases its survival rate/ reproduction rate (natural selection)

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Created uniformitarism

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Lyell

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Thought some organisms become extinct, “catrostrophism”

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Cuvier

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What did Darwin infer about the finches of the Galápagos Islands having different shapes and sizes of beaks?

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They are different things, same ancestors

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According to Darwin, evolution occurs because of…

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Natural selection

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The strongest evidence for evolution comes from the…

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Fossil record

20
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Humans choosing traits/parents

Dogs

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Artificial selection

21
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An organism exhibits high fitness if…

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It’s offspring live long enough to reproduce

More babies= more fit

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