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Vocabulary List Flashcards

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species that can live on land and in water

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amphibians

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to change or adapt to the environment

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adaptation

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the theory that 15 billion years ago all material in the universe was condensed into a small place and then exploded

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Big Bang theory

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an organelle in plants that perform photosynthesis

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chloroplasts

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the comparative study of the anatomy of different species

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comparative anatomy

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deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule that contains hereditary material in the nucleus of the cell

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DNA

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an organism in the earliest stages of development in the uterus

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embryo

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cells containing their genetic material inside a nucleus. all multicellular organisms are made up of eukaryotic cells

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eukaryotic cell

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the elimination of a species

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extinction

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hardened remains of plant or animal life

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fossils

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hereditary information held in the DNA of cells

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genes

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the process of small incremental genetic changes in a species

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genetic drift

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the study of heredity

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genetics

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the first human like characters that appeared about five million years ago

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hominids

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the human species

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Homo sapiens

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from 210 to 130 million years ago

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Jurassic period

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a group of vertebrate animals whose young are sucked with milk from the mother

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mammals

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the process of sexual reproduction

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meiosis

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from 250 to 65 million years ago

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Mesozoic era

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an organelle in the eukaryotic cells of animals whose primary function is to convert glucose into ATP that can be used as energy

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mitochondria

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particles made up of two or more atoms

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molecules

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errors in the genetic replication of cells

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mutations

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theory proposed by Charles Darwin that species changed as the result of adaptation to their environment

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natural selection

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two hundred million years ago, all of the continents were formed together in in one super continent

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Pangea continent

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a process carried out by green plants in which carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight are converted into ATP and glucose and releasing oxygen as a by product

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photosynthesis

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group of animals including humans, apes, and monkeys

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primates

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single celled organisms such as bacteria

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prokaryotic cells

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one of the most fundamental building substances of living organisms

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protein

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a group of animals that are cold blooded vertebrates

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reptiles

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a distinct plant or animal that can only have offspring with other in the same species

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species

30
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the theory that all life evolved from earlier forms of life by adapting to their environment

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theory of evolution

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