Evolution and Natural Selection Flashcard

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What is evolution?

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The process by which species of organisms CHANGE over time.

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Explain the process of natural selection.

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Organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

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Provide an example of natural selection in action.

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Peppered moth in England during the industrial revolution

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How does the concept of adaptation relate to natural selection?

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Adaptation is the result of natural selection favoring traits that increase an organism's fitness in a particular environment.

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What are the different types of evidence that support the theory of evolution?

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Fossil records, comparative anatomy, embryology.

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Who was famous for creating the Theory of Evolution?

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Charles Darwin

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If an organism can't adapt fast enough, this might happen.

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become extinct

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Mutations are a change in what?

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DNA

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Why do peppered moths tend to be the same color as the trees on which they live?

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It makes the moths harder to see.

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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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