Evolution and Natural Selection

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What is the process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully?

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Survival of the Fittest

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How do you 'win' at natural selection?

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Survive & reproduce

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What is a trait that makes a species better suited to survive in its environment called?

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Adaptation

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What is the definition of competition in the context of natural selection?

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A growing population causes a scarcity of resources.

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What is a well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations called?

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Scientific theory

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What is natural selection?

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The process where organisms with traits well suited to their environment survive and reproduce at a greater rate.

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What is an adaptation?

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An inherited characteristic that increases an organism's chances of survival.

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What is variation in the context of evolution?

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Differences in the DNA sequence among individuals in a population.

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What does extinction mean?

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The end of an organism or a group of organisms, typically when the last individual dies.

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What is artificial selection?

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The intentional breeding of organisms with desirable traits by humans.