Natural Selection

Natural Selection

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6th - 8th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A slight difference in an inherited trait between individual members of the same species.

Back

variations

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

An inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of surviving and reproducing. Options: variation, adaptation, vestigial structure, mutation

Back

adaptation

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Body parts of organisms that are the same in structure and position but different in function.

Back

homologous structures

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Body parts that have lost their original function.

Back

vestigial structures

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

When an organism has a trait that allows it to blend in with its environment, we call that ____.

Back

camouflage

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The English naturalist that developed the theory of how evolution works.

Back

Charles Darwin

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

According to natural selection, light colored tree trunks would favor:

light colored moths

,

dark colored moths

,

red colored moths

,

red and light colored moths

Back

light colored moths

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