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science101
words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |