vocab 14-16 Flashcards
1
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absolute dating
A
measures decay rate of radioactive atoms
2
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relative dating
A
deeper layers are older
3
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biogenesis
A
the theory that living organisms come only from other living organisms
4
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bottleneck effect
A
removes genetic variation when a population is reduced
5
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fossils
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the remains or traces of a once living organism
6
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founder effect
A
small groups decide to start a new population
7
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Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
A
the stability of gene frequencies across generations
8
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natural selection
A
the process by which organisms with favorable variations produce at a higher rate than those without such variations
9
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speciation
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the formation of new species
10
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spontaneous generation
A
an early and new disproved hypothesis that living organisms develop from non living material
