Vocab 15.1 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Evolution | A heritable change in the characteristics with a population from one generation to the next; the development of new types of organisms from preexisting types of organisms over time |
Strata | Layers of rock (singular form: stratum) |
Natural Selection | The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals do; a theory to explain the mechanism of evolution |
Adaptation | The process of becoming adapted to an environment; an anatomical, physiological, or behavioral trait that improves an organism's ability to survive and reproduce |
Fitness | In evolutionary theory, a measure of an individual's hereditary contribution to the next generation |
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