Evolution and natural selection

Match the following

• fossils

• the process when organisms better suited to their environment survive and reproduce

• survival of the fittest

• preserved remains of once-living organisms

• environmental factor

• factors (NOT DNA) that affect an organism's ability to survive

• fossil record

• one type of evidence of evolution - to look at the remains of an organism

• natural selection

• the idea that only the best adapted organisms survive

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The following evidence supports the theory of evolution: Check all that apply.

• similar body structures in organisms

• Similar DNA in organisms

• population trends

• ancient fossils revealing adaptations of organisms

• natural selection

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A slight difference in an inherited trait.

• Variation

• Differentiation

• Adaptation

• Genetic Specialist

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An inheirted trait that increases an organism's chance of surviving and reproducing in a particular environment.

• Variation

• Differentiation

• Adaptation

• Genetic Specialist

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The process by which organisms with variations that help them survive in their environment live longer, compete better, and reproduce more than those that do not have the variations.

• Evolution

• Creationism

• Natural Selection

• Mutation

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an adaptation that enables a species to blend in with its environment

• Camouflage

• Blending

• Mimicry

• Deception

The gradual change in species over time is...

• Evolution
• Nucleotide 
• Adaptation
• Natural Selection

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Genetic differences between organisms of the same species

• Variation
• Adaptation
• Behavior
• Environment

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The struggle for existence against other members of an organisms species is

• Competition
• Natural Selection
• gene flow
• genetic drift

Remains of ancient organisms are called

• Extinctions
• Fossils
• Mutations
• Variations

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