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Misconceptions |
About evolution |
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Evolution |
Does not evolve |
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Not all changes are |
Good |
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Organisms that are best adapted to an environment |
Survive and reproduce |
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Dogs come from a |
Single original species |
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Who selects the traits for wild plants and animals |
NOBODY |
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There is no agent involved in |
Natural selection |
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Natural selection |
Process of elimination |
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Organisms not possessing the beneficial traits either |
Die or don't have as many offspring |
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Natural selection |
Survival of the fittest |
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Darwin's theory of natural selection occurs in four steps |
Overproduction variation selection and adaptation |
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Predator |
Eats other animals |
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Prey |
Becomes the meal of other animals |
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Hibernation |
Animals going into a deep sleep over the winter |
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Migration |
Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another |
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Adaptation |
Change of an organism to better adjust to its environment |
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Mimicry |
Animals that changes its external appearance to resembled a predator |
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Mutation |
Changing of the structure of a gene |
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Paleontologists |
Person who studies the history a process of evolution |
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Diversity |
Range of different things |
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Radioactive dating |
Technique which is used to date materials such as rocks or carbon |
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Vestigial structure |
Anatomical or behavior that no longer seems to have a purpose |
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Creation |
Power more amazing then the human mind created life as we know it |
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Big bang theory |
Whole universe emerged during a single moment |
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Theory |
Can neither be proven right or wrong |
