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