Natural Selection and Adaptation Review

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

• generation

• population

• trait

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A genetic characteristic that allows an organism to survive and reproduce

• adaptation

• generation

• trait

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The process where organisms best fit for the environment are more likely to survive and reproduce

• Natural selection
• adaptation

• population

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Two or more members of the same species living in a habitat

• generation

• population

• trait

A characteristic of an organism

• adaptation

• natural selection

• trait

Natural selection occurs over a very ___________ period of time.

• short

• long

___________ is the process of small genetic variations in organisms leading to the gradual development of a species.

• advantage

• behavioral

• natural selection

• desirable

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Natural selection is the process of small genetic ___________ in organisms leading to the gradual development of a species.

• advantages

• variations

• behavioral

• desirable

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Inherited traits that provide an advantage to survival also make that organism more likely to reproduce, thereby passing on the ___________ trait.

• behavioral

• adaptation

• suppression

• desirable

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Inherited traits that provide an ___________ to survival also make that organism more likely to reproduce, thereby passing on the desirable trait.

• advantage

• adaptation

• suppression

• long

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4