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18 Cards in this Set
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an idea that a population of organisms can change over the generations if individuals having certain heritable traits leave more offspring than other individuals
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natural selection
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a prevalence of ingerited characheristics that enhance organisms' survival and reproduction in specific environments
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evolutionary adaptation
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the genetic composition of a population changing over time
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evolution
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a philosophy dedicated to discovering the Creator's plan by studying nature
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natural theology
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the branch of biology concerned with naming and classifying the diverse forms of life
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taxonomy
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relics or impressions of organisms from the past, preserved in rock
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fossils
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rocks formed from the sand and mud that settle at the bottom of lakes, seas, and marshes
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sedimentary rock
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the study of fossils
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paleontology
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the speculation that each boundary between the strata corresponded in time to a catastrophe
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catastrophism
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the theory which holds that profound change is the cumulative product of slow but continuous process
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gradualism
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Lyell's idea that geologic processes have not changed throughout Earth's history
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uniformitarianism
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Darwin's initial phrase for the general process of evolution
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descent with modification
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the breeding of domesticated plants and animals
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artificial selection
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similarity in characteristics resulting from common ancestry
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homology
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structures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry
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homologous structures
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structures of marginal, if any, importance to the organism
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vestigial organs
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the geographic distribution of species
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biogeography
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plants and animals that are found nowhere else in the world
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endemic
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