the evolution of living things Flashcards
a characteristic that improves an individualś ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment
Adaptation
a group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring
Species
the process in which inherited characteristics within a population change over generations such that new species sometimes arise
Evolution
the remains or physical evidence of an organism preserved by geological processes
Fossil
a historian sequence of life indicated by fossils found in layers of the earth´s crust
Fossil Record
a genetically determined characteristics
Trait
the practice of breeding animals or plants that have the certain desired characteristic
Selective Breeding
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
Natural Selection
the period between the birth of one generation and the birth of the next generation
Generation time
The formation of new species as a result of evolution
Speciation
Any method of determining whether an event or object is older or younger than other events or objects
Relative Dating
Any message of bacon the age of an object or event in years
Absolute Dating
The standard method used to divide the Earth’s long natural history into manageable parts
Geologic Time Scale
Describes a species that has died out completely
Extinct
The theory that explains how long pieces of the earth outermost layer called tectonic plates move and change shapes
Plate Tectonics
