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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Darwin said that the number of offspring an organism has ___________________

• stays the same

• is more than can survive

• is less than needed

What is this an example of? Choose TWO correct answers

• natural selection

• artificial selection

• A new species invading an existing population

• Genetic variation within a species

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A German Shepard would probably not survive in the wild because...

• the dog is mixed.

• the dog is a product of artificial selection and not adapted for the wild.

• the dog is dumb.

• the dog is a product of natural selection and can survive in the wild.

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What is an example of artificial selection?

• Letting dogs choose their own mate

• Letting plants pollinate on their own

• Crossing a labrador and a poodle to create a labradoodle

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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