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| A characteristic that helps an organism survive in its enviroment |
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| The most specific of the seven levels of classification |
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| The process by which populations accumulate inheirited changes over time |
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| The solidified remains or imprints of a once living organisnm |
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| A historical sequence of life indicated by fossils found in layers of the earths crust |
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| The remnant of a once- useful anatomical structure |
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| A distinguishing quality that can be passed from one generation to the next |
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| The breeding of organisms that have a certan desired trait |
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| The process by whiich organisms with favorable traits survive and reproduce at a higher rate than organisms without the favorable trait |
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| A change in the order of the bases in an organisms DNA |
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| The period between the birth of one generation to the next |
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| The process by which 2 populations of the same species become so different that they can no longer interbreed |
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