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English 25 Public

Intro to Evolution via Natural Selection

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The change in a population over time is called

Evolution

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True/False - Individuals evolve over time

False! Populations evolve, not individuals

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True/False - Organisms decide to change over time

False! The environment shapes organisms

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The name of the process where organisms that are better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

Natural Selection

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Traits that allow an organism to survive and reproduce in their environment

Adaptations

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The ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in their environment

Fitness

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Give an example of an adaptation

(open - up to teachers discretion)

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True/False - Evolution by natural selection is a scientific theory.

True! It's been tested with experiment many times from multiple lines of inquiry and accepted

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The Galapagos tortoises showed that species vary _______________ .

Locally

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These are the remains of organisms that lived long ago and can be connected to organisms that live in the modern time

Fossils

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Phrase that goes with "the fittest don't die out and therefore reproduce and pass on their genes"

Survival of the Fittest

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When an animal breeder or farmer chooses the best traits to produce a better livestock they are using the process of

Artificial Selection

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Give an example of an artificially selected organism

(open - up to teachers discretion, answers vary)

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By having these (insert term we learned), organisms can have increased fitness

Adaptations

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The differences among a species, like different shaped turtle shells, are called

Variations

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Survival of the Fittest was proposed by this English naturalist

Charles Darwin

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