Evolution

Permanent change in a species’ DNA

• Fitness

• Mutation

• Adaptation

• Evolution

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Any body characteristic or behavior that an organism has developed over time to help it survive better.

• Fitness

• Mutation

• Adaptation

• Evolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A measure of how capable an organism is at competing and surviving in its environment

• Fitness

• Mutation

• Adaptation

• Evolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The process of organisms changing over time, sometimes leading to new organisms.

• Fitness

• Mutation

• Adaptation

• Evolution

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Discovered that species evolve due to natural selection

• Natural Selection

• variation

• Offspring

• Charles Darwin

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A name for the young born from parents

• Natural Selection

• variation

• Offspring

• Charles Darwin

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Theory that living things more suited for their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce

• Natural Selection

• variation

• Offspring

• Charles Darwin

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A trait that makes a species different than others of its kind

• Natural Selection

• variation

• Offspring

• Charles Darwin

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Method of determining the age of a rock or fossil by looking at the decay of elements

• Radiometric Dating

• Half-life

• Relative Dating

• DNA

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

A molecule that contains the code of instructions for all of life

• Radiometric Dating

• Half-life

• Relative Dating

• DNA

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-1