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fossil
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Evidence of an organism that lived long ago
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Plate tectonics
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Theory that explains how the contents move
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archeabacteria
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Prokaryotic and live in harsh environments , such as deep-sea vents and hot springs
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Biogenesis
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The idea that living organisms come only from other living organisms
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Protocell
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A lrge, ordered structure, enclosed by a membrane, that carries out some life activity, such as growth and division
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Spontaneous generation
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The idea that nonliving material can produce life
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Analogous structure
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Body parts that don't have the same evolutionary origin but are similar in function
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Artificial selection
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Breeding organisms with specific traits in order to produce offspring with identical traits
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Camouflage
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Adaption that allows you to blend in with your surroundings
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Embryo
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Early stage of growth and development of both plants and animals
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Homologeous structure
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Structural features with commen evolutiooonary origin
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Mimicry
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A structural adaptation that enables one species to resemble another species
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Natural selecton
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Mechanism for change in population. when organisms with favorablevariations pass it to the next generation
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Vestigial structure
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A body structure that no longer serves its original purpose but was probably useful to an ancestor
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Adaptive radiation
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Ancestrial species involves into an array of species to fit a number of diverse habitats
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