Adaptations VST Flashcards
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Adaptation
A trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in its specific environment
Natural selection
The process by which organisms with helpful traits survive and reproduce at a higher rate than organisms without that helpful trait helpful traits get passed on while hurtful traits go away.
Species
A group of organisms that mate with each other to make kids
Evolution
the way that people get there inherited changed in history
fossils
the soild remains of living organisms
fossils record
the some thing as fossils but in layers
vestigial
the remains of once used statuses
generation time
the time from a coming from of gen to another
speciation
the way that two populations help change each other
sterile
something that cant reproduce
fertile
that can make kids
extinct