Science Vocab for 2/17/16 Test

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Science vocab for our test on chapter 10! 2/17/16
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Questão 1

Questão
a characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment
Responda
  • evolution
  • adaptation
  • trait

Questão 2

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a group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring
Responda
  • fossil
  • population
  • species

Questão 3

Questão
the process in which inherited characteristics within a population change over generations such that new species sometimes arise
Responda
  • evolution
  • population
  • speciation

Questão 4

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the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock
Responda
  • trait
  • species
  • fossil

Questão 5

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the history of life in the geologic past as indicated by the traces or remains of living things
Responda
  • geologic timescale
  • fossil record
  • fossil

Questão 6

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the human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired traits
Responda
  • selective breeding
  • reproduction
  • natural selection

Questão 7

Questão
a genetically determined characteristic
Responda
  • trait
  • gene
  • DNA

Questão 8

Questão
the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals do; a theory to explain the mechanism of evolution
Responda
  • reproduction
  • selective breeding
  • natural selection

Questão 9

Questão
the formation of new species as a result of evolution
Responda
  • extinction
  • speciation
  • evolution

Questão 10

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describes a species that has died out completely
Responda
  • extinct
  • speciation
  • evolution

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