Raines Evolution Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| artificial selection | technique in which the intervention of humans allow only selected organisms to produce offspring |
| natural selection | process in nature that results in the most fit organisms producing offspring |
| survival of the fittest | principle that states that only individuals with characteristics best suited to their environment survive the struggle for existence |
| population | collection of individuals of the same species in a given area whose members can breed with one another |
| gene pool | common group of genes shared by members of a population |
| niche | combination of an organism’s habitat and its role in that habitat |
| vestigial organ | structure that serves no useful purpose or function in an organism |
| extinction | when all of the members of a species have died. |
| Charles Darwin | Wrote the Origin of Species in which he originates the Theory of Evolution |
| acquired traits | a trait gained during an organisms life time but is NOT passed on to it's offspring. |
| variation | natural changes in a species |
| mutation | a variation in an organisms genetic material (DNA) |
| adaption | a genetic trait that helps an animal survive |
| overproduction | when an organism makes more offspring than the environment can support |
| selection | when an organism gets the resources it needs to survive and can reproduce. |
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