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Natural Selection
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Natural selection
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Evolution
Causes
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Ms Mark's first name

Who is Hannah?

270
The theory of natural selection was developed by
Who is Charles Darwin
270
These are the islands where Darwin developed his theory
What are the Galapagos islands
270

Inherited traits that allows an organism to fit in better with its environment is called

What is an adaptation

270

This size population is affected most by genetic drift

What is small population size?

450

The man on the 20 dollar bill

Who is Andrew Jackson?

450

Will happen to the organisms that are not well adapted to their environment if it changes suddenly

What is extinction? ( or death)

450

True or False: Organisms are able to choose to evolve and change based on their enivroment  

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What is False? 

Organisms CANNOT CHOOSE to change their genes or traits!

450

Few individuals of a species colonize a new island.

What is founders effect

450
this term is used when a chance event occurs and drastically reduces the population of organisms
What is bottleneck effect
520

Any trace or remains of a once-living organsim that has been preserved by natural processes.

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What is a fossil?

520

True or False: Animals that have dominant characteristics will always be dominant in their environment.

What is False?

520

True or false: populations evolve, not individuals.

What is True?


520
When two dissimilar species become more alike due to their environment is called
What is convergent evolution
520

Different beaks on birds result from different.....

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What is food sources


800
This type of structure is one that is no longer used, but served a purpose to the ancestors
What is vestigial structure
800
A trait with a high survival advantage will do what in the population over time
What is increase
800

The level of diversity is needed for healthy populations

What is high level

800

The random appearance of a new trait in an organisms

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What is mutation?

800
Allele movement in and out of a population 

What is gene flow?

1000
Studying developmental stages provides this type of evidence
What is embryology
1000

In natural selection, this is the agent that "selects" for or against traits of an organism.

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What is the Environment?

1000

Slang term that descibes how organisms that posess the best traits or adaptations for a particutlar environment are the ones that will successfully pass down their traits to their offspring.

What is "survival of the fittest"?

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This type of evolution occurs when two similar organisms develop into two different species
What is divergent evolution
1000

The five fingers of evolution 

What is a small population ( genetic drift), Non-random mating, mutation, gene flow, and adaptation?