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Title: Natural Selection
Adaptations
• Difference in
genetics that
provides an
advantage to
survive or
reproduce that
spreads through a
population
Natural Selection
• Process of selection where traits that are more
likely to increase survival or reproduction are
passed on to the next generation
Populations
• Members of the same species living in the
same geographical location; may be different
from other populations due to local spread of
adaptations
Charles Darwin
• Scientist from
the 1880s who
explained the
change in
populations over
time through
natural selection
Biodiversity/Variation
• The diversity of
plant and animal
life in a particular
habitat (or in the
world as a whole)