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science101
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Question | Answer |
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species | a group of organisms that share similar traits and can reproduce fertile offspring |
competition | a struggle betweeen individuals and species for resources such as food, living space, and mates |
natural selection | any variation that makes an organism better suited to its environment |
evolution | a change that happens over time |
darwin | the natrualist who proposed the theroy of evoulition |
viriation | an inheritadeted trait that makes an idividuals different different from other members of the species |
population | all of the individauls of a species living in the same area |
adaptaion | the mechanism of evolution where organisms with the traits best suited an envierment |
mutaion | permant changes in an orgainism of a genes |
lamack | the scientist who proposed the theory of acquired characteristics. |