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| Evolution | the process by which organisms change over time |
| Fossil | Any evidence of ancient life, such as a bone or impression |
| Impression | A fossil created by an organism leaving a print in rock |
| Organisms | Living beings, living entities |
| Population | A group of organisms that lives in the same place at the same tim |
| Ancient | Really old, from a long time ago |
| Evolution | ________ has caused sharks to get smaller. |
| Fossil | The scientists look for ___________ in rock. |
| Impression | They didn't find bones, but they did find ___________ of bones. |
| Organism | There are many ____________ living in the ocean. |
| Population | The wasp ____________ has not evolved for 34 million years. |
| Ancient | Dinosaurs existed in _____________ times, but they do not exist today. |
| Heredity | The passing of characteristics from parent to offspring |
| Genes | Genetic information |
| Offspring | Babies/Product of reproduction |
| Breed | To reproduce/make babies |
| Diversity | Variety |
| Mutation | A change in a gene |
| Heredity | I have good genes because of _______________. |
| Genes | I have big muscles because I have good ________. |
| Offspring | My __________ will probably have blue eyes. |
| Breed | Some people are really stupid; I hope they never ________. |
| Diversity | Many different kinds of people go to MPHS. MPHS has ________. |
| Mutation | A _________ caused that dog to have those crazy muscles. |
| Natural selection | The process by which characteristics become more or less common. |
| Species | the basic unit of biological classification. |
| Fertile | able to produce offspring |
| Natural selection | The peppered moth population became more black because of __________. |
| Species | A dog and a cat can't have babies; they are not the same _______. |
| Fertile | My friend cannot have babies. She is not ________. |
| punctuated equilibrium | populations change very quickly after long periods of stability |
| species | a population of organisms that can produce fertile offspring |
| gradualism | populations change slowly and gradually. |
| gene pool | all the genes in a population |
| adaptation | a change in an organism that helps it survive |
| environmental pressure | anything that makes it harder for a population to survive |
| punctuated equilibrium | The bird was the same for many years, but then suddenly changed. |
| species | If two animals cannot have fertile offspring, they are not the same _______. |
| gradualism | The fossils showed that the bird changed slowly over time. |
| gene pool | A population with a small ________ is less likely to survive. |
| adaptation | An elephant's trunk is an _____________. |
| environmental pressure | An example of an ___________ is climate change. |
