Darwin and evolution

adaptation

• a trait that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce.

• an organism that makes its own food

• Preserved remains of an organism from the past.

• well tested scientific concept

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autotroph

• an organism that makes its own food

• a trait that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce.

• Preserved remains of an organism from the past.

• well tested scientific concept

competition

• competing within a species for food, mates, and homes

• an organism that makes its own food

• a trait that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce.

• well tested scientific concept

Match the following

• a process of change over time

• fossils

• surroundings

• develop

• Preserved remains of an organism from the past.

• heterotroph

• the process of change that occurs during an organism's life, producing a more complex organism

• evolution

• an organism that cannot make its own food

• environment

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• too many of a species resulting in lack of food, water and homes

• metabolism

• process in which organisms that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive a

• homeostasis

• the combination of chemical reactions which builds up or breaks down material

• response

• reaction to stimulus

• overproduction

• the maintenance of stable internal conditions

• natural selection

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Match the following

• organisms best adjusted to their environment are the most successful in surviving and reproducing

• overproduction

• too many of a species resulting in lack of food, water and homes

• Species

• a change in an organism's surroundings that causes the organism to react

• stimulus

• A group of similar organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring

• survival of the fittest

• reaction to stimulus

• response

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Match the following

• differences among those of the same species

• variation

• a trait that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce.

• adaptation

• reaction to stimulus

• overproduction

• too many of a species resulting in lack of food, water and homes

• response

• well tested scientific concept

• Theory

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What was Charles Darwin's main contribution to science?

• He developed the modern theory of evolution

• He refuted the modern theory of evolution

• He was the first person to actually witness animals evolving

• He was the first person to think of the idea of _evolution

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What term would best describe Charles Darwin's decision to sail aboard the HMS Beagle?

• Serendipitous

• a trait that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce.

• Wretched

•  Uneventful

What is an inherited trait?

• A characteristic determined by an organism's genes

•   A skill that's developed through practice

•  An organism's place in the food web

• An organism's relationship to its parents

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