Natural Selection

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Process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest.

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Natural Selection

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What is the process in which populations are changed over time?

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Evolution

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Another term for Natural Selection is:

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Survival of the fittest

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What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

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adaptation

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Why is the mouse population changing over time?

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The hawks eat more light mice than dark mice because they can see the light mice more easily.

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According to natural selection, light colored tree trunks would favor ___________________________.

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light colored moths

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Why are advantageous (better fit) traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

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They are more likely to survive and reproduce.

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A slight difference in an inherited trait between individual members of the same species. (Example: Some rabbits have white fur and some have black fur.)

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variations

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The passing of genetic traits (DNA) from parent to offspring is __________.

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Heredity

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When an organism has a trait that allows it to blend in with its environment, we call that ____.

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camouflage