A scientist who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection after studying how living things vary and adapt over time.

The movement of animals from one place to another, often to find food, reproduce, or reach a more suitable climate.

An inherited trait or behavior that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its enviroment.

The natural place where an organism lives and gets food, water, shelter, and other things it needs.

The process in which organisms with helpful inherited traits are more likely to survive and reproduce, passing those traits to their offspring.

A possible explanation or prediction that can be tested through investigation or evidence.

Differences in traits amoung individuals of the same species, such as size, color, or speed.

A group of similar organisms that can reproduce with one another and produce fertile offspring.

To change in inherited traits over many generations.

All the members of the same species living in the same area at the same time.

An animal that hunts and eats other animals.

An animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals.

All the living and nonliving things around an organism that affect its life.

The change in inherited traits of populations over many generations.

Organisms, such as fungi and many bacteria, that break down dead organisms and waste, returning nutrients to the enviroment.

The permanent disappearance of a species when all its members have died.

The usual pattern of weather in a place over a long period of time.

To spend a period in a state of greatly reduced activity and energy use, often during cold weather when food is scarce.

Large regions of Earth with similar climates and typical plants and animals, such as deserts, grassland, and tundra.

Fitness (in natural selection)

How well and organism survives and reproduces in its enviroment, passing its inherited traits to the next generation.

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Natural Selection

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Term	Definition
Charles Darwin	A scientist who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection after studying how living things vary and adapt over time.
Migration	The movement of animals from one place to another, often to find food, reproduce, or reach a more suitable climate.
Adaptation	An inherited trait or behavior that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its enviroment.
Habitat	The natural place where an organism lives and gets food, water, shelter, and other things it needs.
Natrual selection	The process in which organisms with helpful inherited traits are more likely to survive and reproduce, passing those traits to their offspring.
Hypothesis	A possible explanation or prediction that can be tested through investigation or evidence.
Variation	Differences in traits amoung individuals of the same species, such as size, color, or speed.
Species	A group of similar organisms that can reproduce with one another and produce fertile offspring.
Evolve	To change in inherited traits over many generations.
Population	All the members of the same species living in the same area at the same time.
Predator	An animal that hunts and eats other animals.
Prey	An animal that is hunted and eaten by other animals.
Enviroment	All the living and nonliving things around an organism that affect its life.
Evolution	The change in inherited traits of populations over many generations.
Decomposers	Organisms, such as fungi and many bacteria, that break down dead organisms and waste, returning nutrients to the enviroment.
Extinction	The permanent disappearance of a species when all its members have died.
Climate	The usual pattern of weather in a place over a long period of time.
Hibernate	To spend a period in a state of greatly reduced activity and energy use, often during cold weather when food is scarce.
Biomes	Large regions of Earth with similar climates and typical plants and animals, such as deserts, grassland, and tundra.
Fitness (in natural selection)	How well and organism survives and reproduces in its enviroment, passing its inherited traits to the next generation.

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