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Darwin Nayanna
vocab about Charles Darwin
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| species | a group of similar organisims that can mate with each other and produce fetile offspring |
| fossil | preserved remains or traces of an organismis that lived in the past |
| adaptation | a trait that helps an organisim survive and reproduce |
| theory | a well tested concept that explains many observations |
| overproduction | an effect caused by species producing moreoffspring that can survive |
| variations | any diffrences in individuals of the same species |
| competition | organismis completing for resources |
| natrual selction | a process in which individuals with traits that help them survive in their enviorment are able to survive and reprouce |
| charles darwin's theory | theory of evolution by natural selection |
| charles darwin's famous book on evolution | on the origin of species |
| selective breeding | choosing certain individuals of a species to breed in order in to get a particular trait passed on to the offspring |
| naturalist | a person who observes living and non living things in the natrual world |
| fertile | able to reproduce offspring |