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Focus on Life Science Textbook
Prentice Hall
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| Unit Glossary | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1) Adaptation- A characteristic that helps an organism survive in its environment or reproduce | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2) Competition- Active demand of two or more organisms or kinds of organisms for some environmental resource in short supply. Source ..http://www.m-w.com |
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| 3) Diversity- variety | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4) Evolve (Evolution)- The gradual change in a species over time. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5) Inferred (Infer)- To derive as a conclusion from facts and premises. Source ..http://www.m-w.com |
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| 6) Natural Selection- The process by which individuals are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than othe members of the same species. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7) Overproduction- Too many offspring for a given amount of resources. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8) Species- A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9) Traits- A characteristic that an organism can pass on to its offspring through its genes. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10) Variations- Any difference between individuals of the same species. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source for Definitions Focus on Life Science Textbook Prentice Hall |
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