Vocabulary words from the AP Edition of Campbell Biology, Chapter 22.
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| 199580524 | evolution | descent with modification | 0 | |
| 199580525 | fossils | the remains or traces of organisms from the past | 1 | |
| 199580526 | paleontology | the study of fossils | 2 | |
| 199580527 | catastrophism | events in the past occurred suddenly and were caused by mechanisms different from those operating in the present | 3 | |
| 199580528 | uniformitarianism | mechanisms of change are constant over time | 4 | |
| 199580529 | adaptations | inherited characteristics of organisms that enhance their survival and reproduction in specific environments | 5 | |
| 199580530 | natural selection | a process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of said traits | 6 | |
| 199580531 | artificial selection | human modification of other species over many generations by selecting and breeding individuals that possess desired traits | 7 | |
| 199580532 | homology | similarity resulting from common ancestry | 8 | |
| 199580533 | homologous structures | represent variations on a structural theme that was present in their common ancestor | 9 | |
| 199580534 | vestigal structures | remnants of features that served important functions in the organism's ancestors | 10 | |
| 199580535 | evolutionary tree | a diagram that reflects evolutionary relationships among groups of organisms | 11 | |
| 199580536 | convergent evolution | the independent evolution of similar features in different lineages | 12 | |
| 199580537 | analogous features | share similar function, but not common ancestry | 13 | |
| 199580538 | homologous features | share common ancestry, but not necessarily similar function | 14 | |
| 199580539 | biogeography | the geographic distribution of species | 15 | |
| 199580540 | endemic | found nowhere else in the world | 16 |
