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observe
To discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
survey
A detailed critical inspection
fossil
Someone whose style is out of fashion
voyage
An act of traveling by water
observations
The act of making and recording a measurement (plural)
galapagos
A group of islands in the Pacific off South America
finch
Any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
beak
Horny projecting mouth of a bird
adapted
To make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
species
Coins collectively (plural)
questions
An instance of ___ (plural)
theory
A tentative insight into the natural world
lamarck
French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired
giraffe
Tallest living quadruped
evolution
A process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage
process
A particular course of action intended to achieve a result
time
An instance or single occasion for some event
natural
Someone regarded as certain to succeed
selection
An assortment of things from which a choice can be made
variation
An instance of change
survival
A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
organism
A living thing that has the ability to act or function independently
offspring
The immediate descendants of a person
adaptation
The responsive adjustment of a sense organ to varying conditions

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