Vocabulary flashcards
Adoption
A trait that improves the ability for an organism to survive
Species
Group of organisms that are closely related
Evolution
The process which inherited characteristics within a population
Fossil
The Remains or physical evidence of an organism prevented by geological possesses
Fossil record
Organisms fossils by their own eliminated language
trait
A genetically determined characteristic
Selective breeding
Reading animals or plants to get desired characteristic
Natural selection
And stronger or better adapted animals revive and be produced more successful offspring
Relative dating
Any method of determining weather and event or object is older or younger than the older events or objects
Generation time
Period between the birth of one generation to the next
Speciation
The formation of new species as a result of evolution
geologic time scale
The standard method used to drive the Earth long natural history into manageable parts
Absolute dating
Any method of measuring the age of an object or event in years
Plate tectonics
Three that explains how large pieces of the Earth at most layer called tectonic plates move and change shape
Extinct
Describes a species that has died out completely
