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He developed the classification system for all types of organisms based on appearance
Buffon proposed that species shared ancestors and earth is ________ years old
He proposed that all organisms come from a common ancestor
Proposed that structures became larger or smaller with use or not
Biological process when decedents differ from there ancestors
Group of organism that produce fertile offspring
Catastrophism is a natural disaster like ______ that can shape land forms
Land that changes slowly over time
Uniformitarianism is the ______ process that shaped the Earth
The remains or a prehistoric organism
The process by which humans select traits through breeding
The ability for a trait to be passed down from generation to the next
The Process by which individuals that have inherited beneficial adaptation will go on and survive to make more offspring.
The ability to survive and ability to produce more offspring
The heritable differences that exist in every population
Having lots of offspring to increase the chances of survival, but food is limited
Certain variation that allows and organism to survive better
Analogous structures perform a similar _____, but or not similar in origin
Homologous structures are similar in ______, but show up in different organisms and have different functions
Remnants of organs or structures that had a function in an early ancestor
The study of Fossils or extinct animals
Tortoises with long necks and legs will get the tall______
The finches that live in areas with hard shelled nuts will have ______ beaks
Heritability is important in natural and artificial selection because it's needed so that ________ can be passed on

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