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

• Fossil Record
• Extinction
• Evolution
• Genetic Variation

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A trait passed from parent to offspring through DNA.

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

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Definition: adaptation

• inherited characteristic that increases chances of survival
• organisms with traits well suited to their environment survive and reproduce at a greater rate
• a growing population causes a scarcity of resources
• differences in the DNA sequence

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Definition: natural selection

• inherited characteristic that increases chances of survival
• organisms with traits well suited to their environment survive and reproduce at a greater rate
• a growing population causes a scarcity of resources
• differences in the DNA sequence

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Definition: fitness

• ability to survive and reproduce in a specific environment
• organisms with traits well suited to their environment survive and reproduce at a greater rate
• a growing population causes a scarcity of resources
• differences in the DNA sequence

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The Theory of Evolution was proposed by what scientist?

• Charles Darwin

• Albert Einstein

• Steven Hawking

• Isaac Newton

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Evolution means...

• Change over time in a population.
• That everything is the same.
• That organisms never change.
• Negative traits are acquired in populations.

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed on to the offspring?

• Because parents with those traits can teach their offspring
• Because parents with those traits can surive and reproduce better
• Because parents with those traits care more about their offspring

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Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring? 

• Evolution 
• Variation 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection 

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