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16 Cards in this Set
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Scientist whose ideas about evolution and adaption influenced darwin
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Lamarck
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Ship on which darwin traveled
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beagle
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change over time
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evolution
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explanation of natural events that is supported by evidence and can be tested with new evidence
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theory
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economist whose ideas about human population influenced darwin
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Thomas Malthus
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Remains of ancient life
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Fossil
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Homologous structure that is greatly reduced in size
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vestigial
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geologist who influenced darwin
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lyell
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inherited characteristic that increases organism's chance of survival
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adaptation
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type of selection in which humans select the variations
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artificial
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islands where darwin observed variations in tortoises
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Galapagos
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ability of an individual to survive and reproduce in its specific environment
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survival of the fittest
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type of selection darwin referred to as survival of the fittest
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natural selection
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structures that have different mature forms but develop form the same embryonic tissues
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homologous
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scientist whose ideas about evolution were the same as darwin's
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Wallace
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geologist who influenced darwin
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hutton
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