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Summary Evolution by Natural Selection
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What is the theory of evolution
Answer: The theory of evolution states that all things, living and nonliving, of today arose from things in the past
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What is biological evolution
Answer: Biological evolution refers to the changes of living things from a common ancestor.
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What is Biodiversity
Answer: A wide range of species and organisms making up those species
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What is the geographical time scale
Answer: an established scale that deals with the long periods of time of the earth
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What is extinction
Answer: A natural occurrence in which a total species dies off. Usually matches the rate of occurrence of a new species.
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When did the major animal groups appear
Answer: Cambrian Period
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What defines a mass extinction
Answer: when more than 50% of species vanish over a few million years
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What is a species
Answer: Similar organisms which interbreed to produce fertile offspring
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What is a population
Answer: A group of species in the same location
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What is variation
Answer: Differences within a population
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