Natural section flashcards

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a characteristic that improves an individuals ability to survive and reproduce in a particular enviroment.

A

Adaption

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2
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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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3
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the process in which inherited charcteristics within a population change over generations such that new species sometimes arise.

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Evolution

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4
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the remains or physical evidence of an organism preserved by geological processes.

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Fossil

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5
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a historical sequence of life indicated by fossils found in layers of the Earth’s crust.

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Fossil Record

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6
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a genetically determined charceristic.

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Trait

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7
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the human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired charceristics.

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Selective Breeding

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8
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the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and repruduce 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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9
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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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10
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the formation of new species as a result of evolution.

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Speciation

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11
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any method of determining whether an event or object is older or younger that other events or objects.

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Relative Dating

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12
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any method of measuring the age of an object or event in years.

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Absolute Dating

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13
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the standard method used to divide the earth’s long natural history into manageable parts.

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Geologic Time Scale

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14
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describes a species that has dies out completly.

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Extinct

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15
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the theory that explains how large pieces of the earth’s outermost layer,called techonic plates,move and change shape.

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Plate Techtonics

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16
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a type of mammal characterized by opposable thumbs and binocular vision.

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Primate

17
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a type of primate characterized by bipedalism,relatively long lower limbs,and lack of a tail.

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Hominid

18
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the species of hominids that includes modern humans and their closest ancestors and that first appeared about 100,000 to 160,000 years ago.

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Homo Sapiens