What is the process by which organisms that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than others do?

• Genetic change

• Speciation

• Natural Selection

• Inherited veriation

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What did Charles Darwin help to explain?

• Genetics

• The age of Earth

• How species change over time

• Both a and b

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If two organisms have similar traits and DNA, they probably have a __.

• different vestigial structure

• common ancestor

• common environment

• different ancestor

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What are two signs that different species may have a common ancestor?

(two answers)

• similar DNA

• similar traits

• similar fossils

• different traits

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The fact that an organism's offspring are not identical is known as what?

• Genetics

• Adaptation

• Inherited Variation

• Natural Selection

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What process would a farmer use to produce vegetables that will grow in a specific climate?

• select breeding

• genetic variation

• ancestors

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What can two different species have in common?

• poplulation

• ancestors

• offspring

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A characteristic that improves an organism's ability to survive is what?

• reproduction

• inherited variation

• adaptations

• selective breeding

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The process consisting of separation, adaptation, and division is __.

• isolation

• speciation

• mating

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What does speciation create?

• an adaptation

• a new species

• an ancestor

• resistance

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