evolution and evidence

evolution and evidence

By Aguado Angelica

What is natural selection?

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The theory that organisms that are best adapted to their environment are the ones most likely to survive and reproduce

​Natural Selection

Evolution

The theory of evolution is a shortened form of the term “theory of evolution by natural selection,” which was proposed by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in the nineteenth century.

Theory is the explanation why you’re seeing something

Law is describing what you’ll see

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​Some text here about the topic of discussion.

​Review!!!

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Multiple Choice

An explanation based on repeated experimentation and observation.

• law

• theory

• hypothesis

• experiment

Multiple Choice

A law describes what happens while a theory explains why it happens.

• True

• False

Natural selection

In the theory of natural selection, organisms produce more offspring than are able to survive in their environment. Those that are better physically equipped to survive, grow to maturity, and reproduce.

Multiple Choice

What term describes part of organisms, that have a similar structure but a different function?

• homologous structure

• homologous chromosome

• vestigial structure

• analogous structure