Theory, a well supported testable explanation of a natural phenomenon, Fossil, remains of ancient organisms, Evolution, process of change over time, Occurs to populations NOT INDIVIDUALS, Charles Darwin, one of the first scientists to publish his ideas about evolution in a book, “The Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection”., Natural Selection, An organism's traits/ adaptations making it better suited to survive, reproduce, and pass on those traits., Survival of the fittest, A quick and easy way of explaining natural selection, Homologous Structure, Same structure different function, Analogous Structure, Different structure, same function. EX: Bird wing and butterfly wing, Vestigial Structure, Structures that no longer serve a purpose EX: Whale hips, Common ancestry, the idea that all organisms now alive on Earth and all present day fossils trace back to one or a few “original species.”, Adaptations, inherited characteristic which increases chances of survival, Lamarck, Scientist whose hypothesis was rejected; he believed characteristics acquired by a living organism would be passed on to their offspring, Variation, Difference between traits in individuals of the same species, Transitional Fossil, Fossilized remnants of an organism that came in between a known version of a species and the current species, Industrial Revolution, A transitional period where creating goods by hand changed to using machines., Camouflage , A defense or tactic that organisms use to disguise their appearance, usually to blend in with their surroundings, H.M.S Beagle, Ship that Charles Darwin sailed to the Galapagos islands on, Scientific Fact, An indisputable observation of a natural phenomenon.

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