Evolution and Natural Selection

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What are Mimicry and Camouflage examples of?

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Adaptations

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

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Adaptation

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

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Life Forms

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What does it mean when a species evolves into another species over many generations?

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It indicates gradual changes in the species over time.

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Which organisms lack bilateral symmetry: Echinoderms and Chordates, Flatworms and Molluscs, Cnidarians and Sponges, or Annelids and Arthropods?

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Cnidarians and Sponges

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What is Natural Selection?

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A process where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

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Define Evolution.

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The change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.

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What are Vestigial Structures?

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Body parts that have lost their original function through evolution.

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Give an example of an adaptation in animals.

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The long neck of a giraffe, which helps it reach high leaves.

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What is the Fossil Record?

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The history of life as documented by fossils, showing the progression of species over time.