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Adaptaion
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An inhereted trait that increases an organism's chances of survival in a particular environmemt.
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Adaptive Radiation
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An evolutionary pattern in which many species evolve from a single ancestral species.
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Cast
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A type of fossil formed when sediments fill in the cavity left by a decomposed organism.
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Coevolution
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A joint change of interacting species.
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Convergent Evolution
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The process by which unrelated species become more similar as they adapt to the same kind of environment.
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Divergent Evolution
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The process of two or more related species becoming more and more dissimilar.
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Evolution
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The theory that species change over time.
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Half-Life
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The period of time in which half of a radioactive substance decays.
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Homologous Structures
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Structures that are embryologically similar.
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Imprint
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A type of fossil in which a thin film of carbon remains after the organism has decayed.
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