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natural selection

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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 organisms survive and reproduce in its environment
habitat the natural place where an organisms lives and gets the food water shelter and other things it needs
natural selection the process in which organisms with helpful inherited traits
hypothesis a possible explanation or prediction
variation differences in traits among individual
species a group of similar organisms
evolve to change in inherited traits over many generations
population all the members of the same species
predator an animal that is hunts and eats other animals
environment all the living and nonliving thing
evolution the change in inherited traits
decomposes organisms such as fungi and many bacteria
extinction the permanent disappearance of a species .
climate the usual pattern of weather .
hibernate to spend a period in a state .
blomes larger regions of earth with similar climates.
fitness (in natural selection) how well an organisms survives and reproduces.
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