Evolution

When HUMANS select or choose a plant or animal for breeding based on a desired trait

• natural selection

• artificial selection

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Shows how different groups of organisms have changed over time.

• fossil record

• homologous structures

• embryology

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Parts of the body that are similar to other species because they have a common ancestor

• fossil record

• homologous structures

• embryology

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Body part you have that use to have a purpose but now has little or no function

• vestigial organ

• embryology

• homologous structures

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Scientist that contributed the most to our understanding of evolution

• Darwin

• Lamarck

Organisms with the best suited adaptations for their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than organisms that are not very well adapted

• natural selection

• artificial selection

• creationism

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Organisms from the same species can vary in…

1) physical appearance

2) genetic makeup

• overproduction

• variation

• selection

• adaptation

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Where did Charles Darwin travel to?

• Australia
• Barbados
• Galapagos 
• Trinidad

These are characteristics passed on from parent to offspring.

• Inherited Traits

• Acquired Traits

• Dominant Traits

• Recessive Traits

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A vestigial structure is...

• A cool new vest you can wear

• a body part that does not seem to have a function in an organism.

• an arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something complex

• body parts of different organisms that have a similar structure but not necessarily a similar function

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