1. “The process by which organisms change over time from simple, single-celled: complex-single-celled: complex, multicellular to complex organisms.”

2.  Nature selects those individuals who are best fit for the environment. Natural Selection

3.  More offspring are produced than can survive. Overproduction Ōkunoshima ( 大久野島 ?) is a small island located in the Inland Sea of Japan in the city of Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture. It is accessible by ferry from Tadanoumi and Ōmishima. There are campsites, walking trails and places of historical interest on the island. It is often called Usagi Jima or "Rabbit Island" because of the numerous feral rabbits that roam the island; they are rather tame and will approach humans.

4.  The fight for limited resources. Competition Giraffes had to adapt to the reduction in the amount of leaves available by evolving to survive. The ones who couldn’t adapt died of starvation.

5.  Differences among organisms in a species (sexually reproducing organisms have more variation than asexually reproducing organisms) Variation

6.  Any trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce under a given set of environmental conditions. Adaptive Value Wing types of different animals and the evolution of Finches by differences in beak types

7.  The disappearance of an entire species caused by a failure to adapt to a changing environment. Extinction occurs when the Environment changes and the Species cannot adapt. Extinction The Tasmanian Tiger/Wolf The Dodo

8.  Cladograms or family tree. Ancestry

9.  What you did: Played finches with different beak characteristics competing for food. What you learned:  Different environmental conditions (food) favored different species of finch (beaks), allowing some to survive and reproduce, but not others. (Survival of the fittest)  Natural selection, competition and variation drive evolution. (Species change over time) Beaks of Finches