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  1. species
    taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
    Millions of species of plants, animals, and other organisms live on earth today.
  2. evolution
    sequence of events involved in the development of a species
  3. characteristic
    typical or distinctive
  4. hypothesis
    a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
  5. Darwin
    English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
  6. natural selection
    a process in which organisms evolve to adapt to environment
  7. variation
    the process of being or becoming different
  8. adaptation
    the process of adjusting or conforming to new conditions
  9. population
    the people who inhabit a territory or state
  10. inherit
    receive from a predecessor
  11. acquired
    gotten through environmental forces
  12. environment
    the totality of surrounding conditions
  13. trait
    a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
  14. Galapagos Islands
    a group of islands in the Pacific off South America
  15. offspring
    the immediate descendants of a person or organism
  16. scientist
    a person with advanced knowledge of empirical fields
  17. reproduce
    make a copy or equivalent of
  18. evidence
    knowledge on which to base belief
  19. explain
    make plain and comprehensible
  20. evolve
    undergo development
  21. develop
    progress or evolve through a process of natural growth
  22. survive
    continue in existence after
  23. punctuated equilibrium
    a theory of evolution holding that evolutionary change in the fossil record came in fits and starts rather than in a steady process of slow change
  24. generation
    group of genetically related organisms in a line of descent
  25. Lamarck
    French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829)
  26. observation
    the act of taking a patient look
Created on Fri Jan 13 12:27:18 EST 2012 (updated Fri Jan 13 12:36:34 EST 2012)

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