Here’s the matching of definitions with the correct vocabulary words:
| Vocabulary (Column II) | Definition (Column III) | |---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | F Fossil | The preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms | | E Population | A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area | | M Charles Darwin | A British scientist who developed the theory of natural selection and principle of descent with modification | | J Jean Baptiste de Lamarck | A French scientist who stated that organisms change as they adjust to changes in the environment; changes are then passed to offspring | | A Acquired trait | A trait that comes from an organism's behavior | | H Gene pool | The genes found within a population | | L Gregor Mendel | Determined how traits combine to produce patterns of inheritance | | B On the Origin of Species | A book written by Charles Darwin based on his observations | | N Natural selection | The process by which organisms with variations most suited to their local environment survive and leave more offspring | | K Biological evolution | The change in the gene pool of populations of organisms over time | | O Descent with modification | States that more recent species of organisms are changed descendants of earlier species | | D Common descent | Present organisms are related to past organisms | | I Adaptation | An organism’s ability to survive and reproduce in its environment | | G Modern synthesis | Explains that populations evolve, not individuals |
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