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Evolution

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  • the process that results in the continued existence of only the types of animals and plants that are best able to survive in their environment
    natural selection
  • to make more, either by having babies or creating copies
    reproduce
  • True or False: Organisms decide to change over time.
    false: the environment shapes organisms
  • having no living members
    extinct
  • a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with each other
    species
  • The way in which living things change and develop over millions of years.
    evolution
  • True or False: Humans evolve from monkeys.
    false: Humans are not descended from monkeys or any other primate living today. We do share a common ape ancestor with chimpanzees.
  • capable of being passed from one generation to the next
    heritable
  • the way in which genes change and produce permanent differences
    mutation
  • True or False: The process we call "evolution" was first introduced and explained by Charles Darwin.
    False. Writings about evolution in one form or another were taking place ever since the time of Greek thinkers.
  • to become adjusted to new conditions
    adapt
  • a person's child or children, or the young of an animal
    offspring
  • True or False: All living things evolved from single celled organisms
    true
  • genetically determined characteristics
    traits
  • True or False: Evolution is the same as "Natural Selection."
    False. Natural selection is the name for the main mechanism by which evolution takes place.
  • True or False: According to Darwin varieties within species occurred as a result of a random process.
    true
  • to continue to live or exist
    survive
  • an early type of animal or plant from which others have evolved
    ancestor