Environmental Issues and Evolution
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 How are natural resources maintained and managed? | Natural resources are maintained by not using too many of one resource found in nature, trying to cut back, or finding alternatives. |
| Scientific Law | A rule that describes a pattern in nature. It's HOW something happens. |
| Scientific Theory | A well-tested concept that explains a wide range of observations. It's WHY something happens. |
| What is evidence of evolution? | Evidence of evolution is shown in an increase in drug-resistant bacteria over the years, as well as other animals or organisms adapting to their needs. |
| Sexual Reproduction | Combining two organisms genes to create a new organism. |
| Asexual Reproduction | A single organism reproducing on its own and passing on only its genes. |
| Species | A group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring. |
| Sustainability | The ability to keep in existence or maintain. A sustainable resource is one that can be maintained. |
| Adaption | An inherited characteristic that improves an organisms ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment. |
| Evolution | Change in a kind of organism over time; process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms. |
| Natural Selection | Process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully, causing their genes to live on longer in the gene pool. |
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