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Evolution
Chapter 11
Question | Answer |
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Variation is | the differences between members of the same species |
a mutation is | a change in DNA |
biological diversity is more commonly called | biodiversity |
biodiversity refers to | all the different species of living organisms on earth |
evolution means | gradual change in species over many generations |
the peppered moth study is a good example of | natural selection |
Extinction means | a species no longer exists |
Scientist who proposed how life on earth evolved | Charles Darwin |
islands where Darwin studied Finches | Galapagos |
Variation caused by changes in genes can be | passed to offspring |
Alfred Russel Wallace | corresponded with Darwin on the theory of how things evolved |