Evolution and Natural Selection

In order for Evolution to happen you need

• Genetic Variation, Selective Pressure, and Inheritance

• Mutations, predators, inheritance

• Predators

• Selection

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If a new trait DOES NOT help an organism survive, what may happen to it?

• Not survive or reproduce

• Survive & reproduce

• Survive

• Die

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What happens to new traits that HELP organisms survive over time?

• Nothing

• That trait becomes MORE COMMON in the population

• That trait becomes LESS COMMON in a population

• Equally common

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The change in traits over time in a population is known as

• Evolution

• Mutation

• Selection

• Traits

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Match the following

change/time=change over time

pos=positive

w/=with

envi=environment

• Best for envi survive and reproduce

• Natural Selection

• Individuals w/pos traits increase/time

• Evolution

• Process of how species change/time

• Survival of the Fittest

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Evolution refers to the changes in ​ (a)   traits over time (thousands to millions of years), resulting in new ​ (b)   that are ​ (c)   for specific environments.

• heritable

• species

• fit

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Match the following terms with their definitions

• A permanent change in the DNA

• Adaptation

• a change in a species DNA over time because of natural selection

• Variation

• Any variation that makes an organism better able to survive

• Evolution

• An inherited trait that makes and individual different

• Mutation

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A ​ (a)   ancestor is an ancestral ​ (b)   from which later species ​ (c)   .

• common

• species

• evolved

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Match the following

• unused organs or bones in an organism

• vestigial structures

• Organ or bone that is derived from a common ancestor.

• speciation

• the forming of a new species due to isolation

• adaptation

• structures that serve identical functions but have different internal anatomy

• Analogous Structures

• adjustment of an organism due to their environment that gives them a great chance of survival.

• Homologous Structures

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​ (a)   selection is when humans choose traits of an organism like breeding dogs

• Artificial

• Natural

• Analogous traits