Natural Selection

_______ are changes in genetic material.

• genes

• mutations

• variations

• biology

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______ is the process where organisms best suited to their environments survive and reproduce.

• Artificial Selection

• Mutations

• Characteristics

• Natural selection

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Paleontologists study ______.

• fossils

• living things

• oceans

• plants

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Differences in traits within a population are called ________.

• mutations

• variations

• varieties

• evolution

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Microscopic organisms like ______ also go through natural selection and can become drug resistant.

• bacteria

• animals

• plants

• fossils

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_______ is an animal's ability to blend into its environment.

• evolution

• natural selection

• camouflage

• artificial selection

________ is the process in which humans choose the desired traits of an organism.

• artificial selection

• natural selection

• variation

• biology

_____________ is famous for his work on natural selection.

• Charles Darwin

• Isaac Newton

• Henry Cavendish

• Babe Ruth

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________ is a bacteria that lives in the digestive tract of animals but can also make you sick.

• Salmonella

• MRSA

• E. coli

• Staphylococcus

A ________ is a part of a chromosome that is inherited from the parent(s).

• trait

• mutation

• virus

• gene

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