Early Study of Evolution

What do you call a group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce?

• fossil

• heterozygote

• species

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What word means any differences between individuals of the same species.

• evolution

• variation

• adaptation

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The process of change over time.

• revolution

• generation

• evolution

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the preserved remains or traces of an organism that lived in the past

• fossil

• species

• variation

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an inherited behavior or physical characteristic that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment

• fossil

• adaption

• species

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A good explanation for a wide range of observation or experimental results.

• scientific experiment

• hypothesis

• scientific theory

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to develop an evidence-based idea that can be tested by experimentation or investigation.

• hypothesis

• evolution

• scientific theory

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What is an inherited behavior or physical change that helps an organism survive and reproduce?

• evolution

• adaptation

• fossil

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What causes organisms to change over time? What is the driving force behind the changes?

• evolution

• survival

• natural selection

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What is the term for differences between individuals of the same species?

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