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Chapter 4 Science
The terms you need to know for Chapter 4!
Question | Answer |
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What is natural selection? | Natural selection is the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals do. |
What is evolution? | a heritable change in the characteristics within a population from one generation to the next. |
Explain what an adaptation is. | An adaptation is the process of becoming adapted or (used to) and environment. |
What is artificial selection? | Artificial selection is the selective breeding of organisms , by humans, for specific desirable characteristics. |
What does the term resistance mean? | Resistance refers to the ability of an organism to tolerate a chemical or disease causing agent. |