Natural Selection Vocab.

Charles Darwin came up with the theory of survival of the fittest

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• False

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Define Generation:

• Generation of new iphones

• The generation that we live in

• Organisms of the same species that are at the same level of descent from a common ancestor

• organisms do not have generation they are all the same

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What is Genetic Variation?

• Organisms do not genes

• They variety in populations does not exist

• Population that all look the same.

• The variety of gene combinations that exist in a population

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Is this an example of population?

• True

• False

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Define species:

• A group of organisms with similar characteristics that can interbreed

• When animals just look like each other

• Organisms do not have species

• Organisms can not interbreed

What is a trait?

• Animals do not get traits from their parents

• A characteristic of an organism; can be genetic or acquired

• only humans can have traits

• Traits can only be genetic

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What is an adaptation?

• A process by which organisms are well suited for their environment; they change to survive

• Animals never change in their environment

• Only humans have adaptations

• The process in which humans change

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What is a favorable trait?

• Traits that animals are not born with

• A trait that does not help an animal survive

• A trait that is beneficial to an organism; selected by natural selection

• Animals do not benefit from traits

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Who will survive in a dark sand environment?

• a white mouse

• a brown mouse

• a bright red beetle

• a yellow bird

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Who will be able to hide from predators better?

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