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Stegall-Bio(311) #10
Stegall-Natural Selection
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| True or False? Natural selection is a process by which populations change in response to the environment. | True |
| Survive | Continues to live in spite of life threatening circumstance. |
| Variation | Differences among similar things. |
| Evaluate | To analyze and examine something to make a judgement about its value. |
| Mutation | Change in DNA |
| Recombination | The continual remixing of DNA generation after generation. |
| Acquire | To get something. |
| Artificial | Something fake or not the real thing. An imitation. |
| Extinction | When all the organisims of one type die out. |
| Scenario | short story or situation |
| Adaptation | A change in an organism to allow it to cope with its environment in a beneficial way. |
| What percentage of all organisms that have ever lived on the earth are now extinct? | 95% |
| Artificial Selection happens through the intervention of what living thing? | Human beings. |
| What kind of traits are acquired after the DNA of an organism is already set? | Acquired traits. |
| Acquired Traits | What kind of traits are due mainly to the influence of the environment? |
| Natural Selection | Process by which organisms naturally select the best mate to produce the strongest offspring. |
| Survival of the Fittest | Natural Selection |
| DNA | The protein chain holding the genetic code for all life characteristics of an organism. |