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📚 Glossary Term

Natural Selection

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Definition A process in which inherited traits that improve survival and reproduction may become more common over time.

🧒 In Simple Words

Natural selection means some inherited traits can become more common when they help organisms survive and reproduce.

📌 Example

Natural selection can help explain why a helpful camouflage trait becomes more common in a population.

âœī¸ Use It in a Sentence

"We used evidence to explain natural selection in the population."

🔗 Related Terms

VariationPopulationMutation