Natural Selection and Adaptation
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- Q 1/13Score 0The gradual change in a species over time29variationevolutiondiversityadaptation
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- Q1The gradual change in a species over timevariationevolutiondiversityadaptation30s
- Q2A behavior or physical trait that helps an organism survive and reproduceextinctionevolutionnatural selectionadaptation30s
- Q3A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.fossilstraitevolutioncommon ancestor30s
- Q4The process by which organisms better suited to their environment survive and reproducenatural Selection30s
- Q5Two populations that struggle against each other for the same resources in an ecosystem.competition30s
- Q6Any difference between individuals of the same species.natural selectionfossil recordextinctionvariation30s
- Q7English natural scientist who developed a theory of evolution by natural selectionAlfred WegnerCharles DarwinIssac NewtonCharles Dickens30s
- Q8Only the best adapted organisms survivesurvival of the Fittestfossilsextinctionnatural selection30s
- Q9The number and variety of species present in an areacommon ancestorsurvival of the fittestdiversityEnvironmental Factors30s
- Q10The disappearance of all members of a species from Earthdinosaursasteroidextinctioncompetition30s
- Q11Preserved remains of once-living organismslaw of super positionrock cyclefossilsrock layers30s
- Q12things in the environment that can affect an organism's ability to survive (drought, food sources, temperature)common ancestorcompetitionevolutionEnvironmental Factors30s
- Q13The shared ancestor of two or more different organismstraitextinctionnatural selectioncommon ancestor30s
