Natural Selection and Adaptation

This man created the theory of evolution

• Albert Einstein

• Charles Darwin

• Mr. Peterson

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all living organisms come from earlier forms of life

• evolution

• Galapagos Islands

• natural selection

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occurs when organisms are better adapted to their environment and more likely to survive

• evolution

• Galapagos Islands

• natural selection

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location where Darwin observed some animals that differed from one another

• evolution

• Galapagos Islands

• natural selection

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organisms evolve to allow them to live in their environment

• Charles Darwin

• species

• adaptations

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a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals

• Charles Darwin

• species

• adaptations

features passed from one generation to the next

• inherited traits

• acquired traits

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traits developed over a lifetime

• inherited traits

• acquired traits

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Is the trait below inherited or acquired?

EYE COLOR

• inherited traits

• acquired traits

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Is the trait below inherited or acquired?

STRONG MUSCLES

• inherited traits

• acquired traits

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