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| Question | Answer |
| BIODIVERSITY | The number, variety and variability of living organisms on the planet |
| EXTINCTION | The loss of species |
| EVOLUTION | The process by which new species are formed from pre-existing ones over very long periods of time |
| ADAPTIVE RADIATION | The emergence of several new species from a common ancestor introduced into an environment |
| TAXONOMY | The scientific study of the diversity of living organisms |
| TAXON | A Level in the classification hierarchy consisting of a collection of organisms sharing some basic features |
| SPECIES | A group of similar organisms that can breed together to produce fertile offspring |
| FOSSIL | The preserved dead remains of plants and animals |
| PALAEONTOLOGY | The study of plants and animals of the geological past, as represented by their fossil remains |
| CONTINENTAL DRIFT | The movement of the Earth's continents relative to each other by appearing to drift across the ocean bed |
| PHYLOGENY | The evolutionary relationship between organisms |
| CRANIUM | The part of the skeleton which encases the brain |
| GENE POOL | The total number of alleles in a particular population at a particular time |
| CONVERGENT EVOLUTION | The tendency of unrelated organisms to acquire similar structures |
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