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16 Cards in this Set
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Adaptation
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A characteristic that helps an organism survive in it habitat
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Biodiversity
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The great variety of living things
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Camouflage
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An adaptation that causes an organism to blend in with its environment
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Endangered species
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Plant or animal species that appears close to extinction
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Environment
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The surroundings in which an organism lives,including both living and non living components
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Extinction
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The process of becoming extinct and no longer existing
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Fossil
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The remains or traces of an ancient organism
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Fossil record
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The totality of fossilized artifacts and their placement within the earth's rock strata
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Hibernate
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An adaptation where it is to enter a sleep like state of reduced body activity;how some animals survive the winter
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Migrate
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An adaptation in which a community moves from one environment to another,where conditions are more favorable
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Mutations
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Changes in the genetic material
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Natural selection
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The process that favors those organisms that are best adapted to survive and reproduce
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Speciation
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Formation of a new species
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Species
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A group of organisms of the same kind that can produce fertile offspring. The subgroups of a genus
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Traits
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Inherited characteristics,either physical or behavioral.
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Variation
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Referring to differences among individuals of the same species, giving the species a variety of different survival abilities
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