Evolution

Who was the first naturalist to study evolution?

• Charles Darwin
• Gregor Mendal
• Carolus Linneaus
• Thomas Edison

This is a process by which organisms inherited advantageous traits that tend to reproduce more successfully than the other organisms do. 

• Artificial selection
• Natural selection
• Populations
• Environment

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This is a process in which organisms gradually change over time.

• Environment
• Competition
• Evolution
• Fossils

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This is a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area.

• Environment
• Evolution
• Biological diversity
• Populations

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The surroundings and conditions in which an organism lives and operates.

• Evolution
• Population
• Environment
• Biological diversity

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These are natural differences within a species.

• Evolution
• Genetic variation
• Biological diversity
• Populations

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This is the variation of living organisms.

• Biological diversity
• Evolution
• Environment
• Natural selection

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This is an inherited trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment.

• Evolution
• Population
• Environment
• Adaptation

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This is an ecological relationship in which two or more organisms depend on the same limited resource.

• Adaptation
• Competition
• Evolution
• Natural selection

The death of every member of a species.

• Competition
• Population
• Extinction
• Evidence

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