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estimate when life first appeared on Earth However, nobody is sure exactly when the first
life developed or how it came about because nobody was there! Some scientists believe life
developed due to conditions on Earth whilst others believe simple life-forms arrived from
____________ The fossil ____________ shows that life forms have ____________ over
time since life originated on Earth This observation is what sparked the idea of
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the next generation and this is how life on Earth ____________ This is difficult to believe If
a woman went to the gym every day to build up her muscles, it wouldn͛t mean that she
would give birth to a muscular baby!

Charles ____________ suggested that evolution occurred by ________________________ ,

where the best adapted organisms survive to reproduce He noticed that all organisms
showed ____________
e now know that this variation occurs because of differences in
organisms͛ ____________ This means that some organisms have better ____________ to
their environment than others He also noticed that these adaptations could be
____________ by an organism͛s offspring Darwin suggested that, in a
________________________, only the best adapted organisms survived to ____________
and pass on their genes and adaptations This is known as the
________________________
hen a new form of a gene occurs, we call this a
____________ This can cause a ________________________ in an organism͛s
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 Genes Acquired characteristics Survival of the fittest Evolved

 Darwin Natural selection Variation Rapid change Lamarck

Adaptations Struggle for survival Breed Mutation Inherited



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