Natural Selection (8th Grade)

The mechanism of evolution in which organisms that are better suited to their environment tend to survive and reproduce.

• Artificial Selection

• Mutation

• Trait

• Natural Selection

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The different occurrences of the same trait among individuals of the same species (hair color, eye color, height, etc.).

• Trait

• Variation

• Mutation

• Gene

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A characteristic belonging to a population or organism.

• Variation

• Natural Selection

• Gene

• Trait

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Part of a chromosome that is inherited from the parent(s) and determines some of an organism’s characteristics.

• Mutation

• Gene

• Bacteria

• Cell

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A process in which humans choose specific traits they want and breed organisms together for those specific traits.

• Natural Selection

• Variation

• Artificial Selection

• Mutation

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Microscopic, single-celled organism that can be found in diverse environments.

• Reptile

• Bacteria

• Fungi

• Mammal

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A famous biologist and naturalist who is known for his contributions to the study of evolution through the process of natural selection.

• Galileo Galili

• Christopher Columbus

• Albert Einstein

• Charles Darwin

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A scientist who studies living things

• Chemist

• Physicist

• Biologist

• Astronomer

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A scientific theory that states that species change over many generations.

• Gravity

• Laws of Motion

• Evolution

• Survival

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A trait that an organism acquires over many generations that allow it to survive and reproduce.

• Gene

• Adaptation

• Mutation

• Bacteria

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