Certainly! Here are the definitions matched with the appropriate vocabulary terms:
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Competition - The struggle between organisms for limited resources such as food, space, or mates.
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Fitness - An organism’s ability to survive, find a mate, and produce offspring in a given environment.
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Natural Selection - Environmental factors that favor certain traits over others, influencing which individuals survive and reproduce.
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Genetic Drift - Random changes in allele frequencies in a population, especially in small populations.
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Variation - Differences in physical traits of individuals in a population, caused by genetic mutations and recombination.
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Survival of the fittest - The process by which organisms with traits best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce.
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Selective Breeding - The intentional breeding of organisms by humans to produce desired traits.
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Heritability - The ability of a trait to be passed down from one generation to the next.
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Speciation - The formation of a new species as a result of evolutionary processes.
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Adaptation - A trait that improves an organism's ability to survive and reproduce in a particular environment.
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