Unit 7 Evolution

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

• Ancestor
• Adaptation
• Descendant
• Fossil

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English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882).

• Darwin
• Wallace
• Linnaeus
• Lamarck

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

An original species from which all other species evolved.

• Fossil
• Natural Selection
• Descendant
• Common Ancestor

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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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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The information provided by fossils about the Earth's history.

• Fossil Record
• Extinction
• Evolution
• Genetic Variation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A trait passed from parent to offspring through DNA.

• Natural Resources
• Survival of the Fittest
• Genetic variation
• Genetic trait

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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

• Natural Selection
• Derived traits
• Genetic Variation
• Adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Formation of new species.

• Speciation
• Trait
• Fossil record
• Ancestor

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest.

• Natural Selection

• Extinction

• Derived trait

• Artificial Selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What is gradual change in a species over time

• evolution

• natural selection

• diversity

• extinct

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2