Natural Selection

A characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.

• Ancestor
• Adaptation
• Descendant
• Fossil

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A relative who lived in the past.

• Charles Darwin
• Speciation
• Ancestor
• Descendant

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The process of selecting a few organisms with desired traits to serve as parents of the next generation.  Selective breeding of plants and animals to promote the occurrence of desirable traits in offpsring.

• Evolution
• Natural Selection
• Generation Time
• Artificial Selection

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English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882).

• Darwin
• Wallace
• Linnaeus
• Lamarck

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An original species from which all other species evolved.

• Fossil
• Natural Selection
• Descendant
• Common Ancestor

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Change in a kind of organism over time; process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms.

• Extinction
• Genetic variation
• Natural Resources
• Evolution

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A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals

• Generation Time
• Fossil Record
• Extinct
• Speciation

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Differences among individuals in the composition of their genes or other DNA segments.

• Natural Selection
• Derived traits
• Genetic Variation
• Adaptation

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Process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest.

• Extinction
• Speciation
• Natural Selection
• Artificial Selection

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Formation of new species.

• Speciation
• Trait
• Fossil record
• Ancestor

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