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    This document contains a worksheet on natural selection and evidence of evolution. It includes terms like adaptation, competition, natural selection, fitness, variation, vestigial structures, homologous structures, DNA sequences, fossil record, and embryology. Students are asked to match definitions to terms and explain concepts like natural selection, fitness, homologous structures, and how vestigial organs support the theory of evolution. The final question asks students to write a creative article about a newly discovered species, describing how it has adapted over millions of years to its environment through natural selection.

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    This document contains a worksheet on natural selection and evidence of evolution. It includes terms like adaptation, competition, natural selection, fitness, variation, vestigial structures, homologous structures, DNA sequences, fossil record, and embryology. Students are asked to match definitions to terms and explain concepts like natural selection, fitness, homologous structures, and how vestigial organs support the theory of evolution. The final question asks students to write a creative article about a newly discovered species, describing how it has adapted over millions of years to its environment through natural selection.

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    This document contains a worksheet on natural selection and evidence of evolution. It includes terms like adaptation, competition, natural selection, fitness, variation, vestigial structures, homologous structures, DNA sequences, fossil record, and embryology. Students are asked to match definitions to terms and explain concepts like natural selection, fitness, homologous structures, and how vestigial organs support the theory of evolution. The final question asks students to write a creative article about a newly discovered species, describing how it has adapted over millions of years to its environment through natural selection.

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    This document contains a worksheet on natural selection and evidence of evolution. It includes terms like adaptation, competition, natural selection, fitness, variation, vestigial structures, homologous structures, DNA sequences, fossil record, and embryology. Students are asked to match definitions to terms and explain concepts like natural selection, fitness, homologous structures, and how vestigial organs support the theory of evolution. The final question asks students to write a creative article about a newly discovered species, describing how it has adapted over millions of years to its environment through natural selection.

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    Name: ______________________________

    Date: __________________ Period: ______


    Natural Selection & Evidence of Evolution Worksheet
    Write the letter of the correct definition in the blank space on the left.
    1. ______ adaptation
    (a) inherited characteristic that increases chances of survival
    2. ______ competition
    (b) organisms with traits well suited to their environment survive
    and reproduce at a greater rate than less well-adapted organisms
    in the same environment.
    3. ______ natural selection (c) a growing population causes a scarcity of resources
    4. ______ fitness
    (d) changes in the DNA sequences
    5. ______ variation
    (e) ability to survive and reproduce in a specific environment.
    6. ______ vestigial structure (f) remains of dead organisms
    7. ______ homologous
    (g) similarities and differences in amino acid sequences
    structures
    between organisms.
    8. ______ DNA sequence
    (h) related organisms have the same bone makeup.
    9. ______ fossil record
    (i) in the early stages of development dogs, pigs, and
    humans resemble one another.
    10. ______ embryology
    (j) structures that have reduced in size because they no
    longer serve an important function
    11. Explain the process of natural selection.

    12. What is fitness? Describe Survival of the Fittest.

    13. What is a homologous structure? What do they suggest about two species?

    13. What are vestigial organs? How do they support the theory of evolution?

    14. Use the remainder of the page to write a short article about a newly discovered species. Be
    creative. Draw a picture of the species. Describe the environment the species lives in and how it
    has adapted over millions of years to live in its environment. Your adaptations should be detailed
    and fit the environment. Use the following guidelines to help you:
    - Describe the species in the beginning.
    - Explain how it changed from generation to generation. Describe in detail the variation in
    heritable characteristics; how some characteristics gave individuals an advantage over
    others, and how this affected reproduction and future populations.

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