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A GROUP OF SIMILAR ORGANISMS THAT CAN MATE WITH
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| A TRAIT THAT HELPS AN ORGANISM SURVIVE |
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| THE GRADUAL CHANGE IN A SPECIES OVER TIME |
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| A WELL TESTED CONCEPT THAT EXPLAINS A WIDE RANGE OF OBSERVATIONS |
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| THE PRESERVED REMAINS OR TRACES OF AN ORGANISM THAT LIVED IN THE PAST |
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| MOST FOSSILS ARE FORMED WHEN ORGANISMS THAT DIE BECOME BURIED IN SEDIMENTS |
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| PARTICLES OF SOIL AND ROCK |
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| A FOSSIL IN WHICH MINERALS REPLACE ALL OR PART OF AN ORGANISM |
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| A HOLLOW SPACE IN SEDIMENT IN THE SHAPE OF AN ORGANISM OR PART OF AN ORGANISM |
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| A COPY OF THE SHAPE OF THE ORGANISM THAT MADE A MOLD |
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| WAYS TO DETERMINE A FOSSIL'S AGE |
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| RELATIVE DATING AND ABSOLUTE DATING |
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| A TECHNIQUE USED TO DETERMINE WHICH OF TWO FOSSILS IS OLDER |
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| A TECHNIQUE USED TO DETERMINE THE AGE OF A FOSSIL |
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| UNSTABLE ELEMENTS THAT DECAY OR BREAK DOWN INTO DIFFERENT ELEMENTS |
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| THE TIME IT TAKES FOR HALF OF THE ATOMS OF A RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT TO DECAY |
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| THE MILLIONS OF FOSSILS THAT SCIENTISTS HAVE COLLECTED |
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| A SPECIES THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY LIVING MEMBERS |
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| THE THEORY THAT STATES THAT EVOLUTION OCCURS SLOWLY BUT STEADILY |
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| THE THEORY THAT SPECIES EVOLVE DURING SHORT PERIODS OF RAPID CHANGE |
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| BODY PARTS THAT ARE STRUCTURALLY SIMILAR IN RELATED SPECIES |
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