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Who was the naturalist that traveled the world to study plants and animals?
Charles Darwin
The gradual change in species over time is...
evolution
Darwin wrote that organisms with traits that are best suited to the environment will ________________
Increase in number
To adjust to a changing environment
to adapt
Another word for adapt is ____________.
change
When an organism completely dies out, it is called.....
Extinction
The white feathers of a snowy owl allow it to blend in with its environment during the winter months (snow). This is an example of ________________
Adaptation
What is the advantage of having different shaped beaks?
To be able to eat the food readily available in the environment.
Remains of ancient organisms are called
fossils
What is a change in an organism that allows for it to survive in its environment?
Adaptation
What gave Charles Darwin the idea of evolution?
Finches in the Galapagos island
What is another name for natural selection?
survival of the fittest
What is the process in which organisms that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than those who are less adapted.
Natural Selection
When most species produce far more offspring than can actually survive is an example of?
Overproduction
When members of a species must compete to survive is an example of?
Competition
When members of the same species often have different traits is an example of?
Variation
