17.3 Vocab Flashcards

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Adaptation

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Heritable characteristics that increases an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce in an environment

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Fitness

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How well an organism can survive and reproduce in its environment

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Natural Selection

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Process by which organisms that are most suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest

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