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| Natural Selection | Process that changes populations as beneficial traits are passed on. |
| Adaptation | Any trait that increases an organims chance of survival and reproduction. |
| Variation | Differences between organisms. |
| Survival of the Fittest | Organisms with favorable traits for an environment survive and reproduce. |
| Mimicry | An organism copying the appearance of another organism. |
| Camouflage | Blending into the surroundings. |
| Homologous structure | Structures that are similar in evolutionary origin, although not neccesarily in function. |
| Vestigial structure | Structure that was needed in evolutionary ancestors, but not in modern organims. |
| Analogous structure | Structure that is similar in function, but NOT evolutionary origin. |
| Embryo | Developing organism |
| Fossil | Preserved remains of an organism |
| Charles Darwin | Founder of the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection |
| Theory of Evolution | Well supported explanation of how species change over long periods of time. |
| Prokaryote | Cell with no nucleus and no organelles. |
| Eukaryote | Organism with cells that have a nucleus and organelles |
| Producer/Autotroph | Organism that makes its own food |
| Consumer/Heterotroph | Organism that must eat another for food. |
| Unicellular | Organism made of one cell |
| Multicellular | Organism made of many cells. |
| Plant | Kingdom of organisms that are multicellular, autotrophic, eukaryotes |
| Animal | Kingdom of organisms that are multicellular, heterotrophic, eukaryotes |
| Fungi | Kingdom of organims that are multicellular, heterotrophic (decomposer), eukaryotes |
| Protist | Kingdom of organisms that are unicellular, autotroph or heterotrophic, eukaryotes |
| Bacteria | Kingdoms of organisms that are unicellular, autotrophic or heterotrophic, and PROKARYOTES |
| Taxonomy | Study of organizing living things. |
| Phylogeny | Evolutionary history of a species |
| Dichotomous Key | Tool used to determine the identity of an organism. |
