Chapter 16: Darwin's Theory of Evolution
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 evolution | a process that something goes through where it changes over time |
| fossil | preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms |
| Charles Darwin | credited with the Theory of Evolution |
| adaptation | heritable characteristic that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in an environment |
| fitness | how well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment |
| survival of the fittest | animal with the best genetic makeup for the environment that survives and reproduces continuing the genes in the environment |
| endemic species | a species only found in one certain place in the world |
| natural selection | process by which organisms that are most suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival or the fittest |
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