Unit 5 - Evolution and Natural Selection Vocabulary

What is the process where living things slowly change over many generations?

• Natural Selection

• Adaptation

• Evolution

• Biogeography

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Which term describes a natural process where organisms with traits that help them survive and reproduce pass those traits to their offspring?

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection

• Common Ancestry

• Selective Breeding

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What is a change in a living thing that makes it better suited to its environment?

• Variation

• Evolution

• Adaptation

• Homologous Structures

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What do we call a group of similar living things that can mate and have offspring that can also reproduce?

• Environment

• Species

• Organism

• Genes

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What term refers to the surroundings, including living and nonliving things, where an organism lives?

• Biogeography

• Environment

• Common Ancestry

• Characteristics

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What is any living thing, such as a plant, animal, or microorganism, called?

• Species

• Organism

• Genes

• Variation

What is the study of where living things are found on Earth and how they got there?

• Biogeography

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Homologous Structures

What is it called when two or more species share the same ancient relative?

• Common Ancestry

• Variation

• Selective Breeding

• Adaptation

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What are similar body parts found in different species, showing they share a common ancestor?

• Characteristics

• Homologous Structures

• Genes

• Favorable Traits

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What term describes the differences that exist among individuals in a group of the same species?

• Variation

• Evolution

• Common Ancestry

• Biogeography

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