Fast and Curious Natural Selection

a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes

• genetic traits

• natural selection

• adaptation

• species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

a specific characteristic of an individual that can be determined by genes

• genetic traits

• natural selection

• adaptation

• selective breeding

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

a body part or behavior that helps an organism survive better in its environment

• genetic traits

• natural selection

• adaptation

• selective breeding

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

when organisms with the traits best fit for their environment survive and reproduce

• genetic traits

• natural selection

• adaptation

• selective breeding

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A boat Charles Darwin traveled on, the HMS ___________

• Beagle

• Charles Darwin

• Genetically Modified Organism

• selective breeding

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

a scientist widely known for his proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor

• Beagle

• Charles Darwin

• Genetically Modified Organism

• selective breeding

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

a plant or animal in which one or more changes have been made to it in a lab in an attempt to alter the characteristics of an organism

• Beagle

• Charles Darwin

• Genetically Modified Organism

• selective breeding

a change in genetic material.

• mutation

• variation

• Genetically Modified Organism

• selective breeding

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

differences in traits

• mutation

• variation

• Genetically Modified Organism

• selective breeding

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

when specific traits in plants and animals are chosen by humans

• mutation

• variation

• Genetically Modified Organism

• selective breeding