Vocabulary
What does trait mean?
What is, specific characteristic of an individual organism.
This kind of trait helps an animal live and grow in its environment.
What is, adaptive trait.
What does Environment mean?
What is, everything (living and nonliving) that surrounds an organism.
This is what we call a group of the same kind of animals living in the same place.
What is, population.
What does Distribution mean?
What is, the number of individuals with each trait in a population.
When animals have babies, and those babies have babies, this is called a new?
What is, a generation.
What does adaptive trait mean?
What is trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment.
This decides if a trait will help an animal survive.
What is, environment.
What does non-adaptive trait mean?
What is, a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specif environment.
The rough-skinned newts got more of this trait to protect themselves from snakes.
What is, high poison level.