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 process of selecting a few organisms with desired traits to serve as parents of the next generation.  Selective breeding of plants and animals to promote the occurrence of desirable traits in offpsring.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Generation Time
• Artificial Selection

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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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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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A trait passed from parent to offspring through DNA.

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

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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 natural selection.

• Survival of the Fittest
• Extinction
• Derived trait
• Artificial Selection

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

• Trait
• Speciation
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection

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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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