Natural selection, The process by which evolution happens or 'survival of the fittest'. , Evolution, The theory that states that all species on Earth came from a common ancestor millions of years ago. , Charles Darwin, The scientists who came up with the theory of evolution., Genes, These are parts of DNA that contain instructions for characteristics like hair or eye colour., Offspring, Another word for an animal's young ('children'). , Inherited characteristics , Features, like hair and eye colour, that are passed on to offspring. , Extinction, A word that means when all of an animal species dies out. , Fossils , Preserved remains of animals. Proved that dinosaurs existed millions of years ago. , Species, Able to produce fertile offspring, Finches, The bird species that helped Darwin develop his theory of evolution by natural selection. , adaptation, to change to be better suited to survive in your environment, mutation, a change in DNA can cause a new trait to appear, common ancestor, ancestral organisms shared by two or more organisms, fitness, an organisms reproductive success, survival of the fittest, also known as natural selection.

7A Evolution

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