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overproduction |
producing more off spring than can survive (too many kids) |
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competition |
being able to obtain more resources for survival |
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adaptation |
a physical trait that increases and organisms ability to survive and reproduce (beaks on finches) |
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natural selection |
process by which individuals that are better adapted to environment are better able to survive |
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speciation |
formation of new and distinct species over time
(fruit flies in Hawaii 1000 species) |
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Evolution |
change in species over time |
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Darwin |
Naturalist, studied turtles and finches, first to theorize about the Theory of Evolution Left England to travel and study biology |
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survival of the fittest |
to accumulate or get beneficial traits |
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variation |
having different physical traits between individuals |
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theory |
a set of principals that explains many data sets or trends that are based on observations |
