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___________ provide clear evidence that evolution has occurred.

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Fossils

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_________ of many different vertebrates look much more similar than the adult organisms.

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Embryos

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Early horses were about the size of a _______.

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fox

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Today's scientists compare the anatomy, embryos, and DNA of modern organisms to understand how they ________.

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evolved

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____________ ___________ is the study of the similarities and differences in the structures of different species.

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Comparative anatomy

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Comparative _______ is the study of the similarities and differences in the embryos of different species

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embryology

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Comparative _______ is the study of the similarities and differences in the structures of different species

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anatomy

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Peter and Rosemary Grant were actually able to observe ________ by natural selection taking place.

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evolution

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___________ __________ is when one species evolves into a new species to fill an available niche.

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Adaptive radiation

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_________ is the study of how and why plants and animals live where they do.

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Biogeography

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The Galapagos ________ have provided a tremendous amount of information about evolution.

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finches

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______ ________ similarities are the strongest evidence for evolution from a common ancestor.

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DNA sequence

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the study of how and why plants and animals live where they do

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biogeography

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Biogeography provides _______ for evolution.

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evidence

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Where did camel ancestors live a million years ago?

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North America

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How and when did early North American camels migrate to other places?

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across the land bridge during the last ice age

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Once camels reached different places, they evolved _________. They evolved _________ that suited them for a particular environment where they lived.

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independently; adaptations

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Through _________ ________, descendants of the original camel ancestors evolved the diversity they have today.

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natural selection

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The _______ of islands yields some of the best evidence for evolution.

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biogeography

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a process by which a single species evolves into many new species to fill available niches

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adaptive radiation

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In the 1970s, biologists ________ and ________ _________ went to the Galapagos Islands.

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Peter; Rosemary; Grant

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The Grants wanted to re-study Darwin's ________.

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finches

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The Grants were able to observe ________ by natural selection actually taking place.

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evolution

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Evidence of evolution includes ______ _________ analysis, the ______ record, and _______ evidence

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DNA sequence; fossil; anatomical

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Early horses were about the size of a _______

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fox

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Early horses had ______

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toes

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During evolution, horses's _______ became covered with cement

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molars

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Wings of bats and birds are an example of

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analogous structures

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The human tail bone and appendix are examples of _________ _________

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vestigial structures

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The strongest evidence for evolution from a common ancestor is _________ ______ ________

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similar DNA sequences

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Island biogeography provides information on the ________ and _______ of the ________

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migration; evolution; finch

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Biogeography shows that all camels came from ancestors that lived in _______ _________

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North America

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Peter and Rosemary Grant actually observed evolution by ________ ________ taking place

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natural selection

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the strongest evidence for evolution from a common ancestor

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DNA sequences

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shows how organisms are related by descent from common ancestors

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cladogram

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structures that are similar in related organisms because they were inherited from a common ancestor

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homologous structure

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scientists who find and study fossils

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paleontologist

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structures that are similar in unrelated organisms

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analogous structures

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provide clear evidence that evolution has occurred

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fossils

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reduced structures that are no longer used

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vestigial structure

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the process by which a single species evolves into many new species to fill available niches

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adaptive radiation

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the study of the similarities and differences in the embryos of different species

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comparative embryology

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the study of how and why plants and animals live where they do

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biogeography

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the study of the similarities and differences in the structures of different species

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comparative anatomy

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Humans and apes are evolutionary closely related based on analysis of their _______ sequences

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DNA

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Wings of bats and birds serve the same function and are ________ structures

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analogous

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Comparative _______ is the study of the similarities and differences in the structures of different species

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anatomy

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_______ demonstrate that during the evolution of the whale, the whale moved from land into the sea.

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fossils

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The human tail bone and appendix are ________ structures

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vestigial

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_______ structures are structures that are similar in related organisms because they were inherited from a common ancestor

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homologous

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Comparative ________ is the study of the similarities and differences in the embryos of different species.

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embryology

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Early North American camels migrated to other places, some crossing a land bridge during the last _________ ____

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ice age

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The forelimbs of all mammals have the same basic bone _________

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structure/pattern

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________ who find and study fossils are called paleontologists

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scientists

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Peter and Rosemary Grant studied Darwin's ________ in the Galapagos Islands

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finches

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The biogeography of ________ yields some of the best evidence for evolution

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islands

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As recently as _____ years ago, many people believed that Earth was only 6,000 years old

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200

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Malthus argued that human populations grow faster than their ________

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resources

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______ was one of the first to say that Earth must be far older than most people believed

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Lyell

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_______ proved to Darwin that species can evolve

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fossils

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Alfred Russel ________ developed a theory of evolution at the same time as Darwin.

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Wallace

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The Beagle set sail in ______ when Darwin was just ___ years old

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1831; 22

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Darwin was ________ on the HMS Beagle

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naturalist

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Darwin visited rock ledges that had clearly once been beaches that had gradually built up over time. This suggested that slow, steady processes also changed ________ ________

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Earth's surface

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Darwin's most important observations were made on the _________ ___________

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Galapagos Islands

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By visiting a wide variety of new habitats, Darwin was able to make the important observation of the ________ ________ of life.

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great diversity

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What was significant about the rocks Darwin found in the mountains?

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contained fossils (suggested that continents and oceans had changed dramatically over time)

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Fossils provided ______ evidence that organisms looked very different in the past

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hard

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Darwin noticed that the plants and animals on the islands ________

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differed

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__________ developed a theory of evolution by natural selection

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Charles Darwin

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The voyage of the Beagle circled the globe. This voyage lasted _____ years

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5

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Aboard the Beagle, Darwin served as ___________

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a naturalist

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Darwin experienced an earthquake that lifted the ocean floor ____ ________

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9 feet

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Darwin dug up fossils of gigantic ______ _________

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extinct mammals

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Darwin saw many _______ and _______ he had never seen before

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plants; animals

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Where did Darwin make some of his most important observations that helped him develop his theory?

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Galapagos Islands

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Who argued that human populations grow faster than the resources they depend on?

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Malthus

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One of the first scientists to propose that species change over time was _______ _________ _________

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Jean Baptiste Lamarck

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nature selects the variations within a species that are most useful for survival

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natural selection

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change in species over time

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evolution

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one of the first scientists to propose that species change over time

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Lamarck

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ship on which Darwin served as naturalist

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HMS Beagle

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his theory of evolution unifies all of biology

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Darwin

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the process by which evolution occurs

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natural selection

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argued that human populations grow faster than the resources they depend on

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Malthus

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small volcanic islands where Darwin made many important observations

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Galapagos Islands

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selecting for plants and animals with useful traits

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artificial selection

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argued that gradual geological processes have gradually shaped Earth's surface

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Lyell

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states that traits an organism develops during its own life time can be passed on to offspring

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inheritance of acquired characteristics

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developed a theory of evolution at the same time as Darwin

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Wallace

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an organism's relative ability to survive and produce fertile offspring

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fitness

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In 1831, Darwin set sail on a scientific expedition on a ship called the HMS __________

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Beagle

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Darwin's most important observations were made on the _________ Islands

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Galapagos

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Lamarck developed the idea known as the inheritance of _________characteristics

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acquired

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The _______ Darwin found helped convince him that species change over time

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fossils

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The term ________ refers to an organism's ability to survive and produce fertile offspring.

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fitness

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_________ paper on evolution confirmed Darwin's ideas.

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Wallace's

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__________ said that Earth must be far older than most people believed.

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Lyell

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Darwin was influenced by his knowledge of artificial ___________.

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selection

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Darwin proposed that _________ selects the variations in organisms that are most useful

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nature

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The Galapagos Islands are known for having giant ________ with differently shaped shells

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tortoises

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From Malthus, Darwin knew that populations could grow faster than their __________.

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resources

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Darwin's theory of evolution unifies all of _______.

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biology

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