natural selection Flashcards
Adaptation
means to adapt to an environment in needs to survive
Species
is the group of species
Evolution
is a change in body to adapt to the environment
Fossil
the remains of animals such as bones
Fossil Record
is a group of fossils that are studied
Trait
the characteristics or quality’s
Selective Breeding
is when animals are selected to breed together
Natural Selection
t he process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment
Generation time
is the interval between a parent and offspring
Speciation
the formation of new species
Relative Dating
the process of determining if one rock or geologic event
Absolute Dating
the process of determining an age on a specified chronology
Geologic Time Scale
system of chronological dating that classifies geological strata in time
Extinct
non living animal group
Plate Tectonics
a theory explaining the structure of the earth’s crust