1. Use the list below to complete the following statements. adapt extinct mutation
adaptations fittest natural selection
criticism fossil saber-tooth tiger
Darwin giant sloth survival
evolution glyptodont variation
a. The term describes living things that are best suited to their environment.
b. Species that survive are the ones that make or meet changes.
c. Florida has a rich record.
d. Two examples of land animal fossils found in Florida are the and the .
e. Some animals unable to adapt to the changing environment became .
f. Living things over time to meet their changing environment.
g. This biologist, , studied evolution in the 1800s.
h. The was a giant, armadillo-like animal with a spiked tail that once lived in Florida.
i. The Origin of Species is a book written in 1859 about .
j. Nature selects the fittest for because they have useful traits.
k. Changes may occur in animals due to changes in the sequence of base pairs in their DNA, and this is known as a .
l. Oldfield mice show in the color of their fur.
m. The survival of the light-colored oldfield mice on Florida's Gulf Coast is an example of the process called .
n. Evolution is a controversial theory that has survived much .