Natural Selection and Charles Darwin

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What are traits that help an organism survive in a specific environment?

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Adaptation

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What is the process where better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring?

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Natural Selection

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What do we call the surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives?

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Environment

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What are the differences between individuals of the same species called?

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Variations

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How do mutations contribute to evolution?

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By introducing new genetic variations.

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What is the term for the gradual change in species over time?

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Evolution

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What is the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources?

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Competition

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What is the term for the process of breeding organisms with specific traits to produce offspring with those traits?

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Artificial Selection

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What is the term for a change in the DNA sequence of an organism?

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Mutation

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What is the term for when a species no longer exists?

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Extinction