Vocabulary
"a group of organisms of the same kind (in one or more populations) that do not reproduce with organisms from any other group"
what is a population?
This is a graph that all members of a species can be compared on.
What is a histogram? (extra)
Individuals inherit their ______ from their parents
WHAT IS GENES
Something that can be inherited through genetic characteristics... means that everyone is different!
What is variation?
"a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment"
what is a non-adaptive trait?
This is what makes a member of a species unique.
What is a trait?
When organisms try to get their fair share of a limited amount of resources.
What is competition?
The process whereby organisms that have advantages survive and pass their genes onto their offspring.
What is natural selection?
"the process in which two parents pass on their genes to create offspring"
what is reproduction? (EXTRA)
A dog has brown fur. This brown fur is...
What is a trait? (EXTRA)
An abiotic factors is referring to a factor what is what?
WHAT IS NOT ALIVE
In natural selection, this is the agent that "selects" for or against traits of an organism.
What is the environment?
"any difference in traits between individual organisms"
what is variation?
This is an adaptive trait for dogs who live in cold locations.
What is long fur/long hair?
A group of the same organism that occupies a specific area in a specific time.
What is a population?
Any kind of inherited trait that improves an organism's chances of survival and reproduction in a given environment.
What is an adaptation?
the number of individuals with each trait in a population"
what is distribution? (EXTRA)
Adaptive traits do this over many generations.
What is become more common?
The random appearance of a new trait in an organism.
What is a mutation?
A group of genetically similar organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring.
What is a species?