Adaptation and Natural Selection

A genetically determined characteristic

• Galapagos

• trait

• mutation

• overproduction

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A trait that increases an organism's ability to survive and reproduce

• evolution

• extinction

• adaptation

• selective breeding

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A characteristic that is beneficial to an organism's survival or reproduction

• extinction

• mutation

• selective breeding

• advantageous trait

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The process of change over time

• evolution

• extinction

• diffusion

• overproduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

When organisms produce more offspring than can survive

• evolution

• extinction

• mutation

• overproduction

The process by which organisms that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce than other members of the species

• natural selection

• extinction

• mutation

• overproduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Describes a species that no longer has any living individuals

• natural selection

• extinct

• mutation

• overproduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

A change in a gene or chromosome

• natural selection

• extinction

• mutation

• overproduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

The human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired traits

• extinction

• mutation

• selective breeding

• advantageous trait

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-5

Any difference between individuals of the same species

• natural selection

• extinction

• variation

• overproduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4