Evolution Review

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What is Darwin's theory that species develop new traits and change over time?

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Natural selection.

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What does it mean to be 'fit' in the context of natural selection?

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You can reproduce and pass on your genes.

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What are wisdom teeth an example of?

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Vestigial structures.

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Why do some strawberry plants survive freezing temperatures?

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Some have genetic variations that cause them to be resistant to the cold.

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What is the purpose of a woodpecker's long beak?

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It is an adaptation that helps the bird eat more insects.

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What is the process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring?

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Natural selection.

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What are structures that share a common ancestry but may have different functions called?

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Homologous structures.

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What is the term for the gradual change in species over time?

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Evolution.

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What do we call traits that are inherited and can be passed on to the next generation?

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Genetic traits.

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What is the term for a structure that has lost most or all of its original function through the course of evolution?

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Vestigial structure.