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Scientist
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 A person who studies science |
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Arctic
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 Cold frozen land and water in the far north of planet earth |
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Natural selection
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 The environment (nature) chooses which living things do the best to live and reproduce |
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Voyage
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 A long trip or journey, when a person travels far away for a long time |
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Nature
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 The world around us not made by people |
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Naturalist
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A person who studies the natural world
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Species
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 A group of organisms having many characteristics in common and ranking below a genus. There are many different species of bears, for example. |
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Diversity
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 Species diversity is defined as the number of species and abundance of each species that live in a particular location. The number of species that live in a certain location is called species richness. ... Abundance is the number of individuals of each species. |
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Charles Darwin
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Reproduce
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 To reproduce is to make more, either by having babies or creating copies. Parents and copy machines both reproduce. |
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Traits
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 Traits include physical attributes of an organism such as hair or eye color, leaf shape, size, etc., and behavioral characteristics, such as bird nesting. |
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Inherited
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 Trait that a living thing has the same as the parent |
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Prey
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 The living thing that is eaten by its hunter or predator |
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Coats
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What a living thing wears over its body to keep warm
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Offspring
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 The child of a person or next generation of any living thing |
