Evolution - Natural Selection

A characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.

• Ancestor
• Adaptation
• Descendant
• Fossil

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A relative who lived in the past.

• Charles Darwin
• Speciation
• Ancestor
• Descendant

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A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals

• Generation Time
• Fossil Record
• Extinct
• Speciation

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Differences among individuals in the composition of their genes or other DNA segments.

• Natural Selection
• Derived traits
• Genetic Variation
• Adaptation

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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.

• Extinction
• Speciation
• Natural Selection
• Artificial Selection

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Formation of new species.

• Speciation
• Trait
• Fossil record
• Ancestor

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What characteristic did Darwin observe about the finches on the Galapagos Islands?

• Their feathers 
• Genotypes 
• Their beaks
• Their body sizes

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How are camels especially suited to their environment? Choose best

• Their humps make them good pack animals for humans
• Their long eyelashes make them look pretty
• They can go long without water
• They get along well with other animals

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To adjust to a changing environment

• Mutation
• Adapt

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Charles Darwin came up with this theory 

• Natural Selection
• Mutation

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