Natural Selection, Adaptations and Variations Vocabulary
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| taxonomy | the science of classifying organisms
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| species | a class of individual organisms that share common characteristics
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| population | the total number of organisms in an area
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| dichotomous key | tool used to identify different kinds of organisms or objects
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| physiology | the function of an organimsm and the function of its parts
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| organism | a form of life such as plants, animals, fungus, and bacteria
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| migration | behavioral adaptation where animals move over long distance to survive
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| hibernation | when animals go through a very low activity during the winter
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| plant bulb | an enlarged, round of a plant between the roots and stem
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| natural selection | organisms with better traits survive and those without, die
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| selective breeding | intentionally breeding animals to get desired traits in the offspring
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| Galapagos Medium Ground Finch | type of bird that found by Darwin that showed how animals are adapted for the food they eat
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| adverse | unfavorable or against
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| variation | a different form of something
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| viable | something that is able to be used
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| observe | to watch and see what happens
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| evolve | to change over time to become better suited for an environment
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| function | the job or purpose of something
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| investigate | to look into and figure out what happened
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| structure | how something is made or put together
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