Evolution Vocab 1

A characteristic that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.

• adaptation

• adapt

• competition

• biodiversity

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 to adjust or change a population to better survive in a new environment. This happens over generations, and not to a single individual.

• adaptation

• adapt

• competition

• biodiversity

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the struggle between organisms to survive in a habitat with limited resources and to reproduce

• adaptation

• adapt

• competition

• biodiversity

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Nonliving components of the environment

• abiotic factors

• biotic factors

• analogous structures

• homologous structures

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living parts of an ecosystem

• abiotic factors

• biotic factors

• analogous structures

• homologous structures

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event during which many species become extinct during a relatively short period of time due to large scale changes

• mass extinction

• extinction

• natural selection

• background extinction

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when a species no longer has any known living individuals.

• mass extinction

• extinction

• natural selection

• background extinction

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normal rate of extinction of species as a result of changes in local environmental conditions

• mass extinction

• extinction

• natural selection

• background extinction

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