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a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with each other

species

to make more, either by having babies or creating copies

reproduce

True or False: All living things evolved from single celled organisms

true

having no living members

extinct

capable of being passed from one generation to the next

heritable

an early type of animal or plant from which others have evolved

ancestor

True or False: Evolution is the same as "Natural Selection."

False. Natural selection is the name for the main mechanism by which evolution takes place.

a person's child or children, or the young of an animal

offspring

to become adjusted to new conditions

adapt

The way in which living things change and develop over millions of years.

evolution

genetically determined characteristics

traits

True or False: Organisms decide to change over time.

false: the environment shapes organisms

True or False: According to Darwin varieties within species occurred as a result of a random process.

true

the way in which genes change and produce permanent differences

mutation

the process that results in the continued existence of only the types of animals and plants that are best able to survive in their environment

natural selection

True or False: Humans evolve from monkeys.

false: Humans are not descended from monkeys or any other primate living today. We do share a common ape ancestor with chimpanzees.

to continue to live or exist

survive

True or False: The process we call "evolution" was first introduced and explained by Charles Darwin.

False. Writings about evolution in one form or another were taking place ever since the time of Greek thinkers.