Evolution
The process where organisms with advantageous traits survive and reproduce?
Natural Selection
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Q: The largest land animal.
A: African elephant
What is the highest grossing film of all time?
Avatar
The largest desert on Earth.
A: Antarctica
Structures that are similar because they come from a common ancestor.
Homologous Structures
Q: A chart that shows family inheritance of a trait.
Pedigree Chart
What is worlds longest snake?
Reticulated Python
What gas do plants absorb for photosynthesis?
Carbon Dioxide
The chemical symbol for gold.
AU
Q: When a population becomes physically separated and evolves into a new species.
Allopatric Speciation
The type of cell division that produces gametes.
Meiosis
The only mammal capable of true flight.
Bat
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile River
The country that invented paper.
China
Q: When unrelated species evolve similar traits.
Convergent evolution
The basic unit of heredity.
Gene
The fastest land animal.
Cheetah
What is the capital city of Canada?
Ottawa
The famous scientist who developed the theory of relativity.
A: Albert Einstein
The scientist who proposed the theory of natural selection.
Charles Darwin
A different version of a gene.
A: Allele
The animal that can turn its stomach inside-out.
Starfish
The mammal with the longest lifespan.
Bowhead whale
The hardest natural substance.
Diamond