Evolution and Natural Selection

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Who was the naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?

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Charles Darwin

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The gradual change in species over time is...

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Evolution

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When an organism completely dies out, it is called...

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Extinction

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The white feathers of a snowy owl allow it to blend in with its environment during the winter months (snow). This is an example of: Species, Environmental Change, Adaptation, Variation

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Adaptation

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What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?

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To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.

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Bird's beaks evolve mainly due to the type of ___________________ available.

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food

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What can happen to a species over time if some of the organisms have an advantage?

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The population will slowly increase

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A yellow morph and green morph of an insect lives in the rainforest canopy. You would expect:

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the green population to increase and the yellow to decrease

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Why is the mouse population changing over time?

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The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily

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Body parts that have similar structure components but different functions

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Homologous structure