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natrual selection
vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Charles Darwin | A scientist who developed the theory of evolution by natrual 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. |
| Adaption | An inherited trait or behavior that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its environment. |
| Habitat | The natural place where an organism lives and gets the 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 among individuals of the same species. |
| Species | A group of similar organisms that can reproduce with one another and produce fertile offspring. |
| Evolve | To change inherited traits over many generation. |
| 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 a predator. |
| Environment | All the living and nonliving things around an organism that affect its life. |
| Evolution | The change in inherited traits of population over many generation. |
| Decomposers | Organisms, such as fungi and many bacteria, that break down dead organisms and waste, returoting nutrients to the environment. |
| 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 simular climates and typical plants and animals. |
| Fitness (in natrual selection) | How well an organism survives and reproduces in its environment, passing its inherited traits to the next generation. |