Natural & Artificial Selection

The process where organisms that are best suited to their environments survive and pass on their genetic traits to offspring.

A change in an organism that makes it better suited to its environment, such as thick fur or camouflage coloring.

Random changes in DNA that can lead to beneficial, harmful, or neutral effects in an organism.

According to Darwin, individuals in a population have variations that can help them survive better than others.

What type of mutation leads to structures in an organism not functioning properly or not functioning at all?

What type of mutation leads to random, new adaptations in organisms which can help the organism better survive in its environment?

What type of mutation leads to structures in an organism that are not necessarily good or bad? These don't always produce physicals traits, but sometimes do.

What is the best way to describe "survival of the fittest"?

The process in which humans choose desirable traits in an organism, and then breed that organism to produce offspring with the desired traits.

Selective breeding is a new idea. It has only been around since the 1800s.