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Natural Selection only 8th grade science final 2024 terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adaptive trait | a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment |
| distribution | the number of individuals with each trait in a population |
| environment | everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism |
| feature | a characteristic that all members of a species have |
| gene | an instruction for making a protein molecule |
| gene version | a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule |
| generation | a group of individuals born and living at about the same time |
| inherit | to receive genes from a parent |
| mutation | a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait |
| natural selection | the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations |
| non-adaptive trait | a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment |
| offspring | an organism produced as a result of reproduction |
| organisms | living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria |
| population | a group of the same type of organism living in the same area |
| predator | an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food |
| protein molecule | a type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms |
| selection pressure | something in the environment that affects an individual's chances of surviving |
| trait | a specific characteristic of an individual organism |
| variation | any difference in traits between individual organisms |
| adaptive trait | a trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment |
| distribution | the number of individuals with each trait in a population |
| environment | everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism |
| feature | a characteristic that all members of a species have |
| gene | an instruction for making a protein molecule |
| gene version | a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule |
| generation | a group of individuals born and living at about the same time |
| inherit | to receive genes from a parent |
| mutation | a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait |
| natural selection | the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations |
| non-adaptive trait | a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment |
| offspring | an organism produced as a result of reproduction |
| organisms | living things, such as plants, animals, and bacteria |
| population | a group of the same type of organism living in the same area |
| predator | an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food |
| protein molecule | a type of large molecule that performs important functions inside organisms |
| selection pressure | something in the environment that affects an individual's chances of surviving |
| trait | a specific characteristic of an individual organism |
| variation | any difference in traits between individual organisms |
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