Natural Selection and Adaptations

A group of organisms that share similar characteristics and can mate to produce fertile offspring

• evolution

• extinction

• species

• variation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Any individual living thing

• adaptation

• evolution

• species

• organism

Different traits among organisms in any given species

• variations

• evolution

• offspring

• species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The presence of many different types of organisms in the ecosystem

• adaptation

• extinction

• biodiversity

• organism

The death of every member of a species

• extinction

• evolution

• offspring

• biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A permanent change to the DNA

• extinction

• biodiversity

• mutation

• adaptation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

The struggle to survive in an ecosystem with limited resources

• extinction

• competition

• adaptation

• species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A new organism that is the product of reproduction

• competition

• species

• mutation

• offspring

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

An inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of survival

• adaptation

• characteristic

• competition

• mutation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The process where there is a change in the gene pool over time.

• variation

• organism

• evolution

• species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4