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| evolution | change in hte genetic make-up of a poulation or species |
| population | the number of the same species ina given area |
| species | organism that can produce fertile offspring |
| micro-evolution | change within a species |
| macro-evolution | change among species |
| Lamark | person who wrote the Theory of Use and Disuse |
| Malthus | person who wrote theory that syas the human population is growing faster than its food source |
| Lyell | a geologist who siad the "over long periods of time simple process can cause the formations on the Earth today" |
| Darwin | person who wrote the Theory of Evolution |
| adaption | chagning of a species that results in its being better suited to its environment |
| Natural Selection | survival of the fittest |
| isolation | condition in populations of the same species become different overtime to the point where no more interbreeding |
| extinction | caused by climatic changes and natural disasters |
| coevolution | tow different species evolving in the same direction |
| spontaneous gernation | simple chemicals could combine to form macromolecules |
| Galapagos Islands | The place where Darwin tooks his famous voyage |
| mutation | change in DNA |
| Comparitive Biochemistry | comparing the DNA and Amino Acids of an organism in search of similarities |
| Gradualism | the evolutionary theory in which a species change through small adaptions over long periods of time |
| Divine Creation | the belief that there is a supreme being such as God that is responsible for the origin of life on Earth |
