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Natural Selection
8th Grade Life Science
Question | Answer |
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The process in which inherited characteristics within a population change over generations such that new species sometimes arise. | evolution |
The death of every member of a species. | extinction |
An inherited trait that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment. | adaptation |
The occurrence of heredity of nonhereditary differences between different individuals of a population. | variation |
The human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired traits. | artificial selection |
The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals do. | natural selection |
A random change in the structure or amount of the genetic material (DNA) of an organism. | mutation |
A naturalist scientists who studied plants and animals. He developed the Theory of Natural Selection. | Charles Darwin |
When an organism reproduces more offspring than can possibly survive. | overproduction |