Evolution and Natural Selection

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Who was the first naturalist to study evolution?

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Charles Darwin

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Process by which organisms inherited advantageous traits that tend to reproduce more successfully than others.

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Natural selection

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This is a process in which organisms gradually change over time.

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Evolution

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The surroundings and conditions in which an organism lives and operates.

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Environment

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This is an inherited trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.

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Adaptation

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This is an ecological relationship in which two or more organisms depend on the same limited resource.

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Competition

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The death of every member of a species.

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Extinction

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The availability of facts indicating whether a hypothesis is valid (true).

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Evidence

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This is the trace or remains of an organism that lived long ago, most commonly preserved in sedimentary rock.

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Fossil

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Humans, birds, whales, and lizards all have similar arm bones. What is the reason for this?

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They have a common ancestor