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trait
A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes.
prediction
A statement of what will happen next in a sequence of events.
natural selection
A process in which individuals that have certain inherited traits tend to survive and reproduce at higher rates than other individuals because of those traits.
Population
A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area
cause
The reason why something happens
effect
A change that is a result or consequence of an action or other cause.
Variation
Any difference between individuals of the same species.
environment
Everything living and nonliving that surrounds an organism
Distribution
the number of individuals with each trait in a population
Adaptive trait
A trait that makes it more likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
Non adaptive trait
a trait that makes it less likely that an individual will survive in a specific environment
Mutation
Mutation
Generation
A group of individuals born and living at about the same time
ansestor
a related organism from a previous generation
camouflage
a way of hiding by looking the same as the background
Chromosome
A long price of DNA that contains many gene.
gene
And instruction for making a problem molecule
Gene version
a specific form of a gene that provides instructions for making a particular protein molecule
Histogram
A graph that users bars to show how characteristics or values are distributed within a group
Inherit
to receive genes from a parent
nyph
A young insect that looks somewhat different from the adult.
offsprings
An organism produced as the result of reproduction
Organism
Living things, such as plants animals and bacteria.
predator
An animal that hunts other animals for food
prey
An organism that is killed and eaten by another organism
protein molecules
A type of large molecules that performs important functions inside organisms
selection pressure
Something in the environment that affect an individual's chances of surviving
Species
A group of organisms of the same kind that do not reproduce with organisms from any other groups
Survive
to stay alive
sexual reproduction
The process in which two passes on their genes to create offsprings
DNA
A type of molecule the genes and chromosomes are made of
Feature
A characteristic that all members of a species have
Abostic
None living parts of an ecosystem that shapes it's environments, examples include temperature, light, and water
Biotic
Describes living factors in the environment examples include animals, plants, trees, grass, bacteria, moss, and molds
carrying capacity
The largest number of individuals of a population that an environment can support
limiting factor
Any biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the existence, numbers, reproduction, or distribution of organisms
sample counts
Used to estimate population size in larger areas. Divide area into equal sections, count number of animals in one section and multiply
bodiversity
The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
