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19 Cards in this Set
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Evolution |
All changes in a life over an immense time |
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Adaption |
Inherited characteristic that improves abilities of survival |
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Descent with Modification |
Descendants of ancestral organisms spread into various habitats |
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Natural Selection |
Strongest will survive |
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Fossil |
Markings from organisms that lived in the past |
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Fossil Record |
How long the fossil has been there |
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Extinct |
Species that no longer exist |
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Homologous Structure |
Shares a common structures from common ancestors |
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Vestigial Structure |
Structure that no longer serves a purpose |
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Population |
Group of individuals in the same location |
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Variation |
Differences in a organism |
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Artificial Selection |
Selective breeding of domesticated animals and plants |
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Gene Pool |
Consists of all the alleles |
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Microevolution |
Evolution on the smallest scale |
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Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium |
Populations that are not undergoing changes in their gene pool |
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Genetic Drift |
Change in gene pool from chance |
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Gene Flow |
Exchange of genes with another population |
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Fitness |
Contribution that an individual makes to the gene pool of the next generation |
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Antibiotic |
Medicine that kills or slows down harmful bacteria |
