EVOLUTION
ANY TRAIT THAT HELPS AN ORGANISM SURVIVE AND REPRODUCE UNDER A GIVEN SET OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
ADAPTIVE VALUE
THE PROCESS BY WHICH SPECIES CHANGE OVER TIME
EVOLUTION
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALL MEMBERS OF A SPECIES FROM EARTH
EXTINCTION
A COLLECTION OF FOSSILS USED TO REPRESENT EARTH’S HISTORY
FOSSIL RECORD
THE NORMAL DIFFERENCES FOUND AMONG OFFSPRING
GENETIC VARIATION
EARTH’S HISTORY AS REVEALED BY LAYERS OF ROCK
GEOLOGIC TIME
ANY ALTERATION IN THE SEQUENCE OF DNA
MUTATION
THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE ORGANISMS THAT ARE BEST ADAPTED TO A SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENT SURVIVE AND PRODUCE MORE OFFSPRING THAN ORGANISMS THAT ARE NOT AS WELL ADAPTED
NATURAL SELECTION
THE POTENTIAL FOR A SPECIES TO INCREASE ITS NUMBERS BEYOND THE AREA’S CARRYING CAPACITY
OVERPRODUCTION
AN EXPLANATION, SUPPORTED BY MANY OBSERVATIONS AND/OR EXPERIMENTS, THAT CAN BE USED TO ACCURATELY EXPLAIN RELATED OCCURANCES
THEORY
THE INDIVIDUAL WHO CONTRIBUTED THE MOST TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS OF EVOLUTION; DEVELOPED THE THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION
CHARLES DARWIN