Speciation
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What is speciation?
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Speciation is the evolutionary process by which populations evolve to become distinct species.
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What happens when species produce too many offspring?
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Only those that are best fit can survive.
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What occurs when a population becomes divided by an event such as a new river forming?
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Isolation has occurred.
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What must happen for a new species to evolve?
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Isolation, Adaptation, and Differentiation must occur.
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What causes variations in a population?
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Variations are caused by Random Mutations.
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FLASHCARD QUESTION
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What did Charles Darwin observe about finches in the Galapagos Islands?
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He found that there were slight differences in finches from island to island, and the shape of their beaks varied.
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Define natural selection.
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Natural selection is the process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.
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