Natural Selection
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| natural selection | the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals
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| adaptation | an anatomical, physiological, or behavioral change that improves a population's ability to survive in it's environment
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| biodiversity | the variety of organisms living in a given area or environment
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| speciation | the formation of new species as a result of evolution
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| predator | an interaction where one organism, kills and feeds on the other organism, the prey
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| competition | two organisms attempt to obtain the same resource
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| population | a group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area
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| habitat | the place where an organism usually lives
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| offspring | all of the children from one set of parents
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| inherited variation | changes in DNA passed from parents to their offspring
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| reproductive advantage | any adaptation an organism has that gives them a higher chance to reproduce successfully
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| reproductive success | effectively producing offspring that have the chance to reproduce themselves
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