Unit 5: Natural Selection, Adaptation, and Evolution

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What is another name for natural selection? Options: survival of the smartest, survival of the fastest, survival of the biggest, survival of the fittest

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survival of the fittest

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What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?

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adaptation

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When all of the organisms of a species have died it is called

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extinction

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What is an organism that has similar characteristics and can reproduce?

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species

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What is this an example of? Options: diversity of species, variation, vestigial structures, DNA studies

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variation

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Which layer is the oldest?

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4

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Predict which moth would increase in population: light, dark

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dark

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Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________

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increase in number

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Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better suited to the environment survive and reproduce therefore passing down their genes to their offspring?

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Natural Selection

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Two organisms that are closely related would have

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very similar DNA sequence