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A characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.AncestorAdaptationDescendantFossil - 2. Multiple ChoiceA relative who lived in the past.Charles DarwinSpeciationAncestorDescendant
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe process of selecting a few organisms with desired traits to serve as parents of the next generation. Selective breeding of plants and animals to promote the occurrence of desirable traits in
offpsring .EvolutionNatural SelectionGeneration TimeArtificial Selection - 4. Multiple Choice
English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882).DarwinWallaceLinnaeusLamarck - 5. Multiple ChoiceChange in a kind of organism over time;
process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms.ExtinctionGenetic variationNatural ResourcesEvolution - 6. Multiple ChoicePreserved remains or traces of ancient organisms.Natural SelectionFossilAdaptationDerived trait
- 7. Multiple ChoiceDifferences among individuals in the composition of their genes or other DNA segments.Natural SelectionDerived traitsGenetic VariationAdaptation
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Process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproducemost successfully ; also called survival of the fittest.ExtinctionSpeciation Natural SelectionArtificial Selection - 9. Multiple Choice
Process most successfully Survival of the FittestExtinctionDerived traitArtificial Selection - 10. Multiple ChoiceA characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.TraitSpeciationAdaptationNatural Selection
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