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Who is credited with the idea of natural selection?
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Charles Darwin
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He wrote the book ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY NATURAL SELECTION
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Individual that have physical or behavioral traits better suited to their environment will survive and reproduce more successfully than those that do not have the traits
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Natural Selection
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Charles Darwin's idea
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An inherited trait that has become common in a population because the trait provides a selective advantage.
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adaptation
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polar bears are white to blend with the snow
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Under certain conditions, change within a species can lead to new species.
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speciation
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squirrels, finches, frogs that become separated from original populations
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all the individuals of a species that live in a specific geographical area and can interbreed
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population
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school of fish, flock of birds, pride of lions, grove of trees
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