Natural Selection
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| a characteristic or change that allows an organism to blend in or survive within their environments | adaptation
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| an adaptation that allows an organism to blend in with its surroundings | camouflage
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| resemblance of one species to another species | mimicry
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| process by which populations of organisms with variations that help them survive in their environments live longer, compete better, and reproduce more than those that do not have the variations. | natural sellection
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| slight difference in an inherited trait of individual members of a species | variation
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| the actions of an animal allow it to survive | behavioral adaptation
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| shape, color, and other physical characteristics that allow an organisms to survive in its environment | structural adaptation
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| How does mater energy move in an ecosystem? | in one direction
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| How do materials such as carbon, nitrogen, and water move through an ecosystem? | in a cycle
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| the What is the first organism consumed in food web? | producer
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| non-living factors like soil, water, climate | abiotic factors
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| living organisms like plants, animals, and bacteria | biotic factors
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| Darwin concluded that organisms on the Galapagos Island | had different variations
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| Differences between members of the same species are called | variations
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| species is a group of similar organisms that | can mate and fertile offspring
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| structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor | homologous structures
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| humans and bats are found to have a common ancestors the homologous structures to arms | bats' wings
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| natural selection leads to evolution | helpful variations add up among the surviving members in a population
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| two organisms look very very similar during their early stages of development is evidence | common ancestor
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| fossils form from | dead organisms becomes buried in sediment
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| a slight change in a rabbit's ability to hear is predators better to help it survive | adaptation
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| what are fossils | preserved remains or traces of organisms that lived in the past
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| natural selection is affected by these traits that are different in members of the same species | variations
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| states that species evolve slowly over a relatively slow time | evolution
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| organisms that usually mate and produce fertile offspring | species
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| a new species evolves from an existing species | natural selection
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| living factors | biotic
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| non-living factors | abiotic
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| actions or behaviors that allow an organism to survive | behavioral adaptation
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| energy flows in | one direction
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| hibernation is an example | behavioral adaptation
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| allows an organism to blend in with their surroundings | camouflage
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| color, shape, and size are physical characteristics that allow an organism to survive | structural adaptation
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| when a species resembles another species to survive as a defense | mimicry
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| climate, soil, sand , water, sunlight | abiotic factors
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| all the populations of different species that live in the same area at the same time | community
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| the struggle in a community for resources such as food and shelter | competition
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| what a species does to survive | niche
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| place within an ecosystem where an organism lives | habitat
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| all of the organisms that live in an area at the same time with living and non-living parts of the environment | ecosystem
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| all the organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time | population
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| consumers that eat other consumers | carnivores
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| consumers that eat producers | herbivores
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| consumers that eat dead organisms | detritivores
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| consumer that eat producers and consumers | omnivore
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| made up of all the fossils ever on Earth | fossil record
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| preserved evidence pf the activity of an organisms | trace fossil
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