4: natural selection and evolution

Question 1

what is evolution?

Answer 1

the slow and continuous change of organisms from one generation to the next

Question 2

what is natural selection?

Answer 2

the process of survival and adaptation/change in a population of species due to pressures from the their environment

Question 3

how does natural selection occour?

Answer 3

individuals with better adapted characteristics to the pressures in their environment have a better chance at survival and reproducing

Question 4

what is a fossil?

Answer 4

any trace of an animal or plant that lived a long time ago that are most commonly found in rocks

Question 5

how are fossils useful to prove evolution?

Answer 5

by arranging fossils in chronological order, gradual changes in organisms can be seen

Question 6

what is classification?

Answer 6

sorting living organisms into groups

Question 7

why is classification important?

Answer 7

provides useful information about organisms evolutionary history and which other organisms are related to it

Question 8

what are the five kingdom classification sectors?

Answer 8

animals
plants
fungi
prokayotes
protists

Question 9

what is genetic engineering?

Answer 9

genetically modifying an organism to be adapted to their environment