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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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Fossil
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Traces of organisms that existed in the past
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Catastrophism
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Natural disasters such as floods and volcanic eruptions have happened often during Earth's long history
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Gradualism
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Changes is landform over a long period of time
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Uniformitarianism
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Geologic processes that shape Earth are uniform through time
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