Evolution and Natural Selection

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What are Mimicry and Camouflage examples of?

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Adaptations

Front

What is the term for organisms with the most beneficial traits surviving?

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Survival of the fittest

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Which of the following is NOT used as evidence for evolution: Fossils, Vestigial Structures, Fossil Record, Life Forms?

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Life Forms

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Why did Darwin believe we could never 'watch' evolution in action?

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Because evolution takes several generations to occur.

Front

What is an inherited trait that gives an organism an advantage in its environment?

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Adaptation

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What is the process by which species change over time?

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Evolution

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What is the mechanism by which evolution occurs, favoring beneficial traits?

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Natural Selection

Front

What are structures that have lost their original function called?

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Vestigial Structures

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What is the term for the variety of different traits within a species?

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Variations

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What is the name of the scientist who proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection?

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Charles Darwin