natural selection and adaptation vocab

Front

An organism that hunts and eats others

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predator

Front

Group of organisms that can interbreed

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species

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

Front

Natural differences in a characteristic

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Variation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Front

Too many organisms for an environment's resources

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Overpopulation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Front

Resources are limited; organisms struggle to obtain them.

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competition

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Front

Different organisms in the environment

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biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Front

Ability of an organism to blend into the background

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camouflage

Front

An organism hunted and eaten by another.

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Prey

Front

Best adapted organisms survive to reproduce.

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Survival of the fittest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Front

An organism can mimic another organism.

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mimicry

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2