Natural Selection Vocabulary

The natural process by which something takes place

• Expression

• Competition

• Genetic Trait

• Mechanism

The process by which organisms that are best adapted to their environment are most likely to survive and reproduce

• Natural Selection

• Expression

• Competition

• Selective Breeding

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The struggle between organisms to survive as they attempt to use the same limited resources in the same place at the same time

• Natural Selection

• Environment

• Competition

• Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)

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The act of showing or making known; representing something.

• Organism

• Expression

• Adaptation

• Genetic Trait

Characteristics that are passed on to you (inherited) from your parents.

• Adaptation

• Expression

• Genetic Traits

• Natural Selection

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Genes in your cells that carry the information that determine your traits

• Mechanism

• Adaptation

• Selective Breeding

• Genetic Traits

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A body part, feature, or behavior that helps a living thing survive and function better in its environment.

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection

• Genetic Traits

• Expression

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An individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form

• Environment

• Organism

• Expression

• Mechanism

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The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives

• Genetic Trait

• Adaptation

• Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)

• Environment

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The process by which humans choose a plant or animal to breed based on specific traits.

• Adaptation

• Natural Selection

• Selective Breeding

• Competition