Vocab 1
The process where organisms with traits best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.
Natural selection
The natural differences in traits between individuals of the same species.
Variation
True or false overproduction is when a species produces more offspring than can possibly survive
true
An adaptation that allows an organism to blend into its environment to hide from predators or prey.
Camouflage
The family members (like great-great-grandparents) that lived a long time ago.
The process by which populations change over many generations.
Evolution
A random change in an organism’s DNA that can create a new trait.
Mutation
The struggle between organisms for food, water, space, or mates.
Competition
The surroundings or conditions where an organism lives (its home).
environment
The things animals need to stay alive, like food, water, and shelter.
Resources
A specific characteristic of an individual (like beak shape or fur color).
Trait
A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its specific environment.
Adaptation
External factors (like predators, climate, or disease) that affect an organism's ability to survive.
Selection pressure
The ability of an organism to stay alive long enough to have babies.
survival
When there isn't enough of something (like food) for everyone, which leads to competition.
Limited
A group of individuals of the same species living in the same area.
Population
Are all traits helpful?
NO
A shift in the surroundings (like a forest fire or a new predator) that can change which traits are "best."
Environmental change
True or false traits can be passed on to the next generation without reproduction (of any kind)
False
When a population of animals moves from one place to another to find better food or a better climate.
Migration
A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also reproduce.
Species
True or False Inheritance is the process by which traits are passed from parents to their offspring through genes
True
When all members of a species die out and the species no longer exists.
Extinction
The "children" of a plant or animal.
Offspring
The specific place where a plant or animal naturally lives and gets everything it needs to survive.
Habitat