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

The movement of people, animals, or organisms away from their usual place of residence to a new location.

A biological trait that helps an organism survive in its environment.

A natural environment or home where a plant, animal, or organism lives.

The process where organisms with heritable traits better suited to their environment survive longer and reproduce more, causing those advantageous traits to become more common over generations.

A proposed, testable explanation for a phenomenon, observation, or research question that has not yet been proven.

Any change, difference, or deviation in condition, amount, level, form, or standard from a norm.

The basic unit of biological classification and taxonomic rank that sits immediately below a genus.

To develop, change, or grow gradually over time, often moving from a simpler state to a more complex, advanced, or better-adapted form.

The total number of people, animals, or living organisms inhabiting a specific geographic area or region at a given time.

An organism that naturally hunts, kills, and consumes other organisms (its prey) for food.

An animal that is hunted, caught, and killed for food by another animal.

The aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, and influences that affect the growth, health, and survival of a living organism or system.

The change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.

Organisms that break down dead plants, animal carcasses, and organic waste into simpler inorganic substances like water, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and phosphorus.

The complete dying out or disappearance of a species when its last living member dies.

The long-term pattern of weather conditions in a specific region, typically averaged over a span of 30 years or more.

To spend the winter in a deep, sleep-like state of inactivity to survive cold weather and food shortages.

A large, naturally occurring community of flora (plants) and fauna (animals) occupying a major habitat, defined primarily by regional climate conditions, such as temperature, precipitation, and soil type.

Fitness (in natural selection)

An organism's ability to survive, find mates, and reproduce.

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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 people, animals, or organisms away from their usual place of residence to a new location.
Adaptation	A biological trait that helps an organism survive in its environment.
Habitat	A natural environment or home where a plant, animal, or organism lives.
Natural Selection	The process where organisms with heritable traits better suited to their environment survive longer and reproduce more, causing those advantageous traits to become more common over generations.
Hypothesis	A proposed, testable explanation for a phenomenon, observation, or research question that has not yet been proven.
Variation	Any change, difference, or deviation in condition, amount, level, form, or standard from a norm.
Species	The basic unit of biological classification and taxonomic rank that sits immediately below a genus.
Evolve	To develop, change, or grow gradually over time, often moving from a simpler state to a more complex, advanced, or better-adapted form.
Population	The total number of people, animals, or living organisms inhabiting a specific geographic area or region at a given time.
Predator	An organism that naturally hunts, kills, and consumes other organisms (its prey) for food.
Prey	An animal that is hunted, caught, and killed for food by another animal.
Environment	The aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, and influences that affect the growth, health, and survival of a living organism or system.
Evolution	The change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
Decomposers	Organisms that break down dead plants, animal carcasses, and organic waste into simpler inorganic substances like water, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and phosphorus.
Extinction	The complete dying out or disappearance of a species when its last living member dies.
Climate	The long-term pattern of weather conditions in a specific region, typically averaged over a span of 30 years or more.
Hibernate	To spend the winter in a deep, sleep-like state of inactivity to survive cold weather and food shortages.
Biomes	A large, naturally occurring community of flora (plants) and fauna (animals) occupying a major habitat, defined primarily by regional climate conditions, such as temperature, precipitation, and soil type.
Fitness (in natural selection)	An organism's ability to survive, find mates, and reproduce.

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