Natural Selection

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What do paleontologists study?

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Fossils

Front

What is an animal's ability to blend into its environment?

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Camouflage

Front

What is the process in which humans choose the desired traits of an organism?

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Artificial selection

Front

What is a part of a chromosome that is inherited from the parent(s)?

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Gene

Front

What are changes in genetic material called?

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Mutations

Front

What is the process by which organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring?

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Natural selection

Front

What is the term for the variety of different traits within a species?

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Variation

Front

What is the term for a characteristic that can be passed from parent to offspring?

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Trait

Front

What is the term for a change in a gene that can lead to a new trait?

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Mutation

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What is the term for the process of selecting organisms with desirable traits to breed?

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Selective breeding