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Flashcards by Hannah Sullivan, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Hannah Sullivan
over 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Evolution | change over time; the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organism. |
| Theory | a well-supported testable explanation of phenomena that have occurred in the natural world. |
| Charles Darwin | -theory of evolution -"fossils" |
| Fossils | preserved remains of ancient organisms. |
| artificial selection | nature provided the variation and humans selected those variations that they found useful. |
| struggle for existence | means that each of species compete regularly to obtain food, living space, and other necessities to live. |
| fitness | Darwin: fitness is the result of adaptations. |
| adaptation | is any inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chance of survival. |
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