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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. |
| 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 |
| natural selection | the process in which organisms with helpful inherited traits are more likely to survive and reproduce, passing those traits to their offsprings |
| hypothesis | a possible explanation or prediction that can be tested through investigation or evidence |
| variation | differences in traits among 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 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 a predator |
| environment | all the living and non living things around and organism that affects its life |
| evolution | the change in inherited traits of populations over many generations |
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