Natural Selection Vocabulary

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Who traveled to the Galapagos Islands and observed that finches on the different islands were similar to one another, yet very different depending on which island they lived on?

The gradual change in species over time:

When a ________________________ is beneficial and helps an organism to survive in its environment , the organism has the opportunity to live longer, find a mate, and pass on its good traits to its offspring.

A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to survive and reproduce in its environment:

Extinction is the disappearance of some of the members of a species from Earth.

All mutations are bad.

Any difference between organisms of the same species is called:

A process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than others that are not (survival of the fittest) is called: