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Evolution | A. Theory that living things come only from other living things, by reproduction. |\n| --- | --- |\n|  H 2. Fossils | B. The science of determining the relative order of past events (i.e., the age of an object in comparison to another), without necessarily determining their absolute age,(i.e. estimated age) . |\n|  J 3. Abiogenesis | C. The process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring. The theory of its action was first fully expounded by Charles Darwin and is now believed to bethe main process that brings about evolution. |\n|  A 4. Biogenesis | D. may cause either the gain of a new feature, or the loss of an ancestral feature |\n|  G  5. Inherited\u003Cbr>Trait | E. The change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. Creating new species. |\n| I\u003Cbr>  6. Species | F. The process of determining an age on a specified chronology in archaeology and geology. Some scientists prefer the terms chronometric or calendar dating, as use of the word \"absolute\" implies an unwarranted certainty of accuracy. |\n|  D 7. Evolutionary Adaptation | G. A trait or character that is genetically inherited or passed down from generation to generation. |\n|  B 8. Relative Dating | H. Any preserved evidence of life from a past geological age; impressions and remains of organisms embedded in stratified rocks. Mineralized remains of an animal or plant. |\n|  F 9. Absolute\u003Cbr>Dating | I. A group of closely related organisms that are very similar to each other and are usually capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. |\n|  C 10. Natural Selection | J. the supposed spontaneous origination of living organisms directly from lifeless matter—called also spontaneous generation |\n\nName: Period:   \nUnit 8 Vocabulary _ Evolution  \nPAGE 2  \n\n|  G  1. Mimicry | A. The various structures in different species having the same function but have evolved separately, thus do not share common ancestor   Examples of analogous structures are as follows: wings of insects and birds used for flying. |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|  E 2. Homologous Structures | B. A mode of\u003Cbr>natural selection in which a\u003Cbr>single phenotype is\u003Cbr>favored, causing the allele frequency to continuously shift in one direction.\u003Cbr>|  |\n|  A 3. Analogous Structures | C. A mode of natural selection in which\u003Cbr>it favors the intermediate variants. It\u003Cbr>reduces phenotypic variation and\u003Cbr>maintains the status quo. | |\n|  F 4. Vestigial Structures | D. The process by which a species evolves into two or more descendant or different forms. |  |\n|  C 5. Stabilizing Selection | E. An example of an organ or bone that appears indifferent animals, underlining anatomical commonalities demonstrating descent from a common ancestor. 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