natural selection and adaptation vocab

An organism that hunts and eats other organisms

• predator

• prey

• camouflage

• omnivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

a group of organisms that can interbreed with each other

• genus

• species

• family

• dominant

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

natural differences in a characteristic

• mimicry

• survival

• adaptation

• variation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

too many organisms for an environment's resources

• oversupply

• overdemand

• overpopulation

• survival of the fittest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

when resources are limited and organisms struggle to obtain those resources

• competition

• mimicry

• biodiversity

• survival of the fittest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

all the different organisms in the environment

• species

• overpopulation

• biodiversity

• competition

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

the ability of an organism to blend in to the background

• camouflage

• mimicry

• competition

• variation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

an organism that is hunted and eaten by another organism

• survival of the fittest

• predator

• prey

• mimicry

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

only the organism that is best adapted will live to produce offspring

• survival of the fittest

• mimicry

• competition

• variation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

an organism can appear or act like another organism

• biodiversity

• species

• competition

• mimicry