Natural Selection- Vocabulary

Natural Selection- Vocabulary

• the place an organism lives

• el lugar donde vive un organismo

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Environment
ambiente

• a change in the characteristics of a species over time

• un cambio en las características de una especie a lo largo del tiempo

​Evolution
evolución

• a process by which a population becomes better suited to its environment

• Proceso mediante el cual una población se adapta mejor a su entorno.

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Adaptation
Adaptación

• a process by which a population becomes better suited to its environment

• Proceso mediante el cual una población se adapta mejor a su entorno.

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Fitness
aptitud física

-process by which organisms with favorable traits produce more successful offspring than organisms with less-favorable traits, causing the favorable traits to become more common in the population

​- Proceso por el cual los organismos con rasgos favorables producen descendencia más exitosa que los organismos con rasgos menos favorables, lo que hace que los rasgos favorables se vuelvan más comunes en la población.

Natural Selection

Seleccion natural

• when all of a species completely dies out​

• cuando toda una especie desaparece por completo

Extinction
Extinción

Multiple Choice

natural selection

• • the place an organism lives

• • a change in the characteristics of a species over time

• • a process by which a population becomes better suited to its environment

• • process by which organisms with favorable traits produce more successful offspring than organisms with less-favorable traits, causing the favorable traits to become more common in the population

• • when all of a species completely dies out​

Multiple Choice

evolution

• • the place an organism lives

• • a change in the characteristics of a species over time

• • a process by which a population becomes better suited to its environment

• • process by which organisms with favorable traits produce more successful offspring than organisms with less-favorable traits, causing the favorable traits to become more common in the population

• • when all of a species completely dies out​

Multiple Choice

adaptation

• • the place an organism lives

• • a change in the characteristics of a species over time

• • a process by which a population becomes better suited to its environment

• • process by which organisms with favorable traits produce more successful offspring than organisms with less-favorable traits, causing the favorable traits to become more common in the population

• • when all of a species completely dies out​

Multiple Choice

extinction

• • the place an organism lives

• • a change in the characteristics of a species over time

• • a process by which a population becomes better suited to its environment

• • process by which organisms with favorable traits produce more successful offspring than organisms with less-favorable traits, causing the favorable traits to become more common in the population

• • when all of a species completely dies out​

Multiple Choice

environment

• • the place an organism lives

• • a change in the characteristics of a species over time

• • a process by which a population becomes better suited to its environment

• • process by which organisms with favorable traits produce more successful offspring than organisms with less-favorable traits, causing the favorable traits to become more common in the population

• • when all of a species completely dies out​