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| most species produce more offspring than are needed to maintain the population |
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| living space and food are limited, so offspring must compete with-in their own species and with other speicies |
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characteristics of individuals in any species are not exactly alike
differ in shape of body, size, strength, speed, and resistance |
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better able to survival due to variation, ability to adapt to survive or reproduce
adaptation = any inherited trait that improves an organisms chance of survival or reproduction |
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environment selects plants and animals with desirable traits to be parents of the next generation
individuals with variation are better able to adapt and survive and reproduce in greater numbers |
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formation of a new species
favorable adaptations accumulate, and unfavorable disappear
when accumulated changes become so great that we get a new species |
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