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A group of organisms with similar characteristics that are able to interbreed or exchange genetic material.

• Variation

• Species

• Adaptation

• Population

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

An inherited trait that improves an individual's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment

• Adaptation

• Species

• Variation

• Natural selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The occurrence of an organism, trait, or gene in more than one form

• Physiology

• Species

• Population

• Variation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The study of internal and external functions of living systems

• Selective breeding

• Physiology

• Natural Selection

• Trait

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NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area

• Species

• Population

• Trait

• Generation

A 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

• Selective breeding

• Migrationn

• Artificial selection

• Natural selection

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

When humans identify desirable traits and breed only the individuals with those traits for a specific outcome

• Artificial selection

• Natural selection

• Selective breeding

• Species

A characteristic of an organism; can be genetic or acquired

• Variation

• Trait

• Hybrid

• Adaptation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Organisms of the same species that are at the same level of descent from a common ancestor. A parent is a member of one generation, and its offspring are members of the next generation.

• Offspring

• Species

• Trait

• Generation

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Movement to a different geographical region where conditions are more favorable

• Migration

• Generation

• Hibernation

• Selective breeding

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2