Biology 1                                                                         

Natural Selection – Test Review                                                        

Be sure that you are familiar with the definitions of the following terms.  You should also be able to recognize examples of the following terms, or identify which terms are relevant to real-world examples of evolution.
                                                 
  • Natural Selection
    • Genetic Variation
    • Overproduction
    • Struggle to Survive
    • Differential Reproduction
  • Fitness
  • Sexual Selection
  • Artificial Selection 
  • Natural Selection in Action 
    • Divergent Evolution
      • Homologous Structures
    • Convergent Evolution
      • Analogous Structures
    • Vestigial Structures
  • Co-evolution 

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