Chapter 10: Natural Selection and Evolution

1. ________________ - The organisms with the best trait survives and reproduces.

• Survival of the fittest

• Natural selection pressure

• Genetic drift

• Artificial selection

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2. ________________ a segment of DNA that codes for a specific trait.

• Gene

• Enzyme

• Chromosome

• Protein

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3. ________________ - Differences in organisms caused by sexual reproduction, genetic recombination, or mutations

• Variation

• Adaptation

• Mutation

• Inheritance

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________________ - a trait that helps you survive.

• Adaptation

• Migration

• Mutation

• Extinction

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5. ________________ - All the members of a species have died.

• Extinction

• Migration

• Adaptation

• Evolution

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Observe the diagram showing an eagle and the changes in the mouse population over three months. What caused these changes?

• Variation, Competition, and Natural Selection

• Protein Synthesis, Meiosis, Mitosis

• Antigen, Antibody, White Blood Cells

• Producers, Consumers, Autotrophs

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What are the Four aspects of Natural Selection?

____, _____, _____, Survival of the Fittest

• Extinction, Mutation, Adaptation

• Family, Genus, Species

• Variation, Overproduction, Competition

• Identical, Cloning, Mitosis

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1. ________________ - Battle between living things that need the same resources, like food, water, or shelter.

• Competition

• Overpopulation

• Variation

• Adaptation

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2. ________________ - More organisms are born than can survive due to limited number of resources.

• Overpopulation

• Variation

• Competition

• Adaptation

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3. ________________ - Differences in traits between members of the same species.

• Variation

• Overpopulation

• Competition

• Adaptation

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