Natural Selection

4. a carefully thought-out explanation for observations of the natural world that has been constructed using the scientific method,
8. by some means that alters or obscures that appearance.
11. a group of organisms that can reproduce with one another in nature and produce fertile offspring
12. with the premise that within a population, there is variation in traits, such as beak shape in one of the Galapagos finches Darwin studied.

1. to the passing on of land and possessions from one generation to another, but also to the earthly and spiritual gifts which God plans to give to those who are his 'children'.
2. the process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change.
3. A Mutation occurs when a DNA gene is damaged or changed in such a way as to alter the genetic message carried by that gene.
5. the variation in the DNA sequence in each of our genomes
6. The theory of acquired characteristics put forth by Jean-Baptiste P.A. Lamarck (1744-1829), a French botanist, zoologist and biological philosopher.
7. English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882)
9. gradually, especially from a simple to a more complex form.
10. A change or adjustment to improve something or to make it suitable to a different situation.