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Evolution
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The process of biological change by which descendants come to differ from their ancestors
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Species
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A group of organisms so similar to one another that they can reproduce and have fertile offspring
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Fossils
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Traces of organisms that existed in the past
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Catastrophism
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Theory by Cuvier that states that natural disasters have happened often during Earth's long history
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Gradualism
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Principle by Hutton that states the changes he observed in landforms resulted from slow changes over a long period of time
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Uniformitarianism
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Theory that proposed that present geologic processes are the key to the past
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Variation
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The difference in the physical traits of an individual from those of other individuals in the group to which it belongs
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Adaptation
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A feature that allows an organism to better survive in its environment
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