front 1 the observable traits of an organism passed on from parent to offspring | back 1 Phenotype |
front 2 when species evolve or change in order to survive as their surroundings have changed; they pass the desired traits on to their offspring | back 2 natural selection |
front 3 The members of a plant or animal group that can best deal with harsh conditions will survive | back 3 survival of the fittest |
front 4 the many different types of life that exist in an environment | back 4 biodiversity |
front 5 when a gene is altered, changing the original DNA code | back 5 mutation |
front 6 range of differences in DNA among organisms | back 6 genetic variation |
front 7 the changing traits that allow a species to survive | back 7 adaptation |
front 8 an evolutionary process where one species branches into two that no longer interbreed | back 8 speciation |
front 9 the theory that Earth's crust is made up of individual plates that gradually move in relation to each other | back 9 Theory of Plate Tectonics |
front 10 in undisturbed rock layers, each layer is younger than the layer beneath it, and older than the layer above it | back 10 Law of Superposition |
front 11 large areas of rock that make up Earth's crust and move across the mantle | back 11 Tectonic Plates |
front 12 the movement of Earth's continents relative to each other | back 12 continental drift |
front 13 the large supercontinent at the end of the Paleozoic Era consisting of all the land on Earth | back 13 Pangaea |
front 14 to group things based on similar characteristics; taxonomy; binomial nomenclature | back 14 System of Classification |
front 15 the actual or hypothetical form or stock from which an organism has developed or descended | back 15 Common Ancestry |
front 16 all life on Earth developed from preexisting life | back 16 Theory of Evolution |
front 17 a group of organisms that share similar characteristics and can mate with each other to produce offspring | back 17 Species |
front 18 A naturalist who came up with the Theory of Evolution and the idea of Natural Selection. Published a famous book called "The Origin of Species" | back 18 Charles Darwin |
front 19 similarities and differences in body structures of organisms living today with organisms from between now and the fossil record | back 19 Comparative Anatomy |
front 20 the study of unborn or unhatched young and their development | back 20 Embryology |
front 21 the activity of classification: Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species | back 21 Taxonomy |
front 22 new species of life develop from a common ancestor over time, this is a result of a process called natural selection. | back 22 Biological Evolution |
front 23 how Earth has changed over time; evidence includes rock layers, tectonic plates, fossils, ice cores | back 23 Geological Evolution |