Melanin Unit 5 Formative Assessment

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Evolution

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Change over time

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Natural Selection

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Organisms that are best adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more than others

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Genome

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All of an organism’s genetic material

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Variation

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Each individual has a unique combination of inherited traits

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Overproduction

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Each species produces more offspring than can survive

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Competition

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Individuals compete for limited resources; such as food, water, shelter, light (plants), mates

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Protein

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A molecule made up of amino acids connected by peptide bonds.

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5 Types of evidence for evolution

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1. 1. Fossils

2. 2. Biochemical similarities (Similar DNA & proteins)

3. 3. Homologous structures

4. 4. Vestigial structures (parts the species no longer use)

5. 5. Embryology

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Vestigial structures

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"Left over" structures

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Homologues Structures

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Similar structures with shared ancestry