Natural Selection

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Who was the naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?

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Charles Darwin

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A green rat snake that lives in the grass and a brown rat snake that lives in the desert is a form of _____________.

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Natural Selection

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The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than other members of the same species is called _____________.

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Natural Selection

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

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Natural Selection

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What is the process where animals live or die based on their adaptations to their environment?

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Natural Selection

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Define Natural Selection.

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

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What is an Adaptive Trait?

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A characteristic that enhances an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in its environment.

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What does 'Survival of the Fittest' mean?

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It refers to the idea that only those individuals best adapted to their environment will survive and reproduce.

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What is Speciation?

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The formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution.

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What is Genetic Drift?

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A mechanism of evolution that refers to random changes in the frequency of alleles in a population.