Darwin's Observations | Speciation Terms | Natural Selection Terms |
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What is the term used for the evidence of change over time?
Evolution
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What is the formation of new and distinct species in the course of evolution.
Speciation
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What is the term used for the remains of living things that have been preserved over time?
Fossil
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What is the term that describes the different geographical locations that different type of species exist?
Biomes
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What is a a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding?
Species
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What is the theory that explains the origin and change of living things over time?
Evolution
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____ is when species have traits that help with their survival, in their ____ which is a particular environment they live in.
Adaptations and Ecosystem
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What is a group within a species having a distinctive appearance and typically having been developed by deliberate selection.
Breed
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What is the permanent disappearance of a species?
Extinction
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What is the term that describes the relationship between individuals with favorable traits among a population will excel past those with unfavorable traits.
Survival of the Fittest
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Two populations must be _____ ________ in order for differences in alleles frequencies to develop and remain.
Reproductively Isolated
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What is a change in a cell's genetic material?
Mutation
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What is it called when the individuals with favorable traits survive and reproduce, passing on their favorable traits, adapting and making new species that are evolved to their new environments.
Natural Selection
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What is is called when geographic isolation prevents two populations from mating?
Allopatric Speciation
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What is the theory of evolution by natural selection called that is credited to Charles Darwin?
Darwinism
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