Natural Selection
Species
A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring.
What is variation?
Any difference between individuals of the same species. (An adaptation)
Selection
Nature making it's choices
What is natural selection?
Organisms with better traits suited to their environment survive and reproduce more often this can cause traits to change over time
What is overproduction?
Reproducing more individuals that can survive - causes variations because there weren't enough resources
What is environmental change?
a change in the environment that selects for or against a given trait (Peppered moth)
What does interspecific mean
between species
What drives natural selection?
competition, environmental change, overproduction, Variation, and selection
Morphology
form and shape?
What is evolution?
genetic change in a organism over time
physiological
how body works
How does variation occur?
mutations
What is an adaptation
physical, behavioral, or morphological trait that increases survival in an organism
Who is Darwin?
scientist who created the theory of evolution
What is competition?
the fight for limited resources
Behavioral
what org. does
What does introspection mean?
with in species