Front

Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

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Natural Selection

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Why are advantageous traits more likely to be passed onto offspring?

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Because they are more likely to survive and reproduce.

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Do organisms "decide" to evolve and change?

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No, they change because of natural selection

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Front

Almost all adaptations started off as?

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mutation

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Front

What word describes a trait that helps an organism survive in its environment?

Back

adaptation

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If a new trait DOES help an organism survive, what may happen to it?

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It survives and its DNA is passed on

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If a new trait DOES NOT help an organism survive, what may happen to it?

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It dies and its DNA is not passed on

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What happens to new traits that HELP organisms survive over time?

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They become MORE COMMON

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Mutations are a change in what? Options:

DNA

,

tRNA

,

protein

,

rRNA

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DNA

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The differences among a species, like different bird beaks, are called

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variations.

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