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Natural Selection

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Charles Darwin An English scientist who discovered how living things change over time through the process of natural selection.
Migration The seasonal movement of animals from one region to another, usually to find food, better weather, or a place to mate.
Adaptation A physical feature or behavior that helps a living thing survive and reproduce in its surroundings.
Habitat The specific natural home or environment where an animal, plant, or other organism lives.
Natural Selection The process where living things with traits best suited to their environment survive and pass those traits to their offspring.
Hypothesis A testable explanation or educated guess made as a starting point for further investigation.
Variation The differences in traits or characteristics between individuals of the same type of living thing.
Species A group of similar living things that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring.
Evolves To change and develop gradually over many generations.
Population A group of individuals belonging to the same species that live in the same area at the same time.
Predator An animal that naturally hunts, kills, and eats other animals for food.
Prey An animal that is caught, killed, and eaten by another animal.
Enviorment The surrounding conditions, including living things, climate, and landscape, in which a person, animal, or plant lives.
Evolution The scientific process by which different kinds of living organisms developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.
Decomposers Organisms, like bacteria and fungi, that break down dead plants and animals into simpler substances, returning nutrients to the soil.
Extinction The permanent disappearance of a whole species from the earth when the last remaining member dies.
Climate The average weather conditions in a specific area over a long period of time, usually measured over thirty years or more.
Hibernate A state of deep sleep or inactivity that some animals enter during the winter to save energy and survive the cold.
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