Natural Selection Vocab Quiz

a characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its natural environment.

• adaptation

• trait

• allele

• DNA

Occurs when more than one individual or population tries to make use of the same resource.

• adaptation

• competition

• variation

• natural selection

English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection

• Watson and Crick

• Rosalind Franklin

• Peter Grant

• Charles Darwin

principle that all living things were derived from common ancestors

• adaptations

• variation

• common descent

• Charles Darwin

preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms

• natural selection

• fossil

• adaptation

• common descent

The act of being different. A number or collection of different things.

• adaptation

• variation

• common descent

• evolution

A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.

• traits

• fitness

• survival

• selection

how well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment

• fitness

• evolution

• traits

• selection

selective breeding of plants and animals to promote desirable traits

• variation

• traits

• adaptation

• artificial selection

the process by which organisms best adapted to their environment survive & reproduce to pass on favorable traits to their offspring.

• variation

• natural selection

• traits

• genes