Evolutionary History

a scientist who studies fossils in order to understand the ancient history of life on Earth

• paleontologist

• biologist

• scientist

• chemist

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group

• species

• breed

• microorganism

• mammal

a related organism from a previous generation

• ancestor

• evolution

• descendant

• species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

the process by which species adapt to environmental changes over a very long time

• environment

• evolution

• ancestry

• hereditary

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

to receive genes from a parent

• inherit

• mutate

• evolve

• extinct

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations

• extinction

• natural selection

• population

• inheritance

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria

• organisms

• populations

• species

• traits

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

a group of the same type of organism living in the same area

• population

• city

• rural

• urban

the process by which one population evolves into two or more different species

• evolution

• extinction

• speciation

• co-habitation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

a specific characteristic of an individual organism

• trait

• data

• appearance

• genes

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4