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The changes of life over time

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Natural differences in traits within a species are called   Variations  
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An inherited trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce is a(n)   Adaptation  
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The process if inheriting traits that gives an advantage to survive and reproduce is   Natural Selection  
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When all members of a species have died, this is   Extinction  
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An early form of a species is a(an)   Ancestor  
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A new form of a species that comes from an earlier form is a(n)   Descendent  
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A trait an organism can acquire during its life (getting fatter, learning to fly) is a(n)   Acquired Trait  
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Charles Darwin studied variations in populations on these famous islands   Galapagos  
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Darwin studied the very different beaks of different populations of birds called   Finches  
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An inherited characteristic is a(n)   Trait  
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Humans select and breed plants and animals for desired traits in a process called   Artificial selection  
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The flaw in Lamark's theory of acquired traits was that he thought the acquired traits could be passed to   Offspring  
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Predation, disease and competition for food are called ___ factors, because they effect the survival of a population.   Limiting  
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The process of an organisms producing more offspring than will survive is   Overproduction  
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The types of organisms that will survive and the types that will die over great periods of time is influenced by changes in the   Environment  
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Organisms that can reproduce with each other and produce offspring are in the same   Species  
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What type of adaptation is the long tongue of a butterfly and the flying wings of a bat?   Physical  
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What type of adaptation is the mating ritual of a bird or the forming of schools by fish?   Behavioral  
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The theory of natural selction was developed in the 1800's by a man named Charles __   Darwin  
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The most obvious difference between the finches Darwin observed was the shape of their   Beaks  
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The process in which all populations gradually change over time is   Evolution  
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Darwin believed that traits could be inherited by offspring from their   Parents  
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A record of organisms that lived in the past but are extinct today is recorded by nature in   Fossils  
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