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What is natural selection?
Where organisms are in competition to see who can adpat and live the longest in their enviroment
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Why is there variation in organisms?
The differences in their genes
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Give an example of organisms who compete for resources?
A red squirrel has to compete with other red squirrels and grey squirrels in order to get food.
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What are organisms who are better at competing most liekly to do?
Survive and reproduce. Passing on their useful genes to their offspring.
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Give an example of selective breeding?
A farmer will pick two breeds of a certain species with the desired genes, then he will mate them and hopefully the offspring will have bothe the parents desired genes.
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What are the problems with this process?
May not work the first time and offspring have deformities
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Why is there variation in organisms?

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The differences in their genes

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Give an example of organisms who compete for resources?

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What are organisms who are better at competing most liekly to do?

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Card 5

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Give an example of selective breeding?

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