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Vocabulary: Define the following vocabulary terms in your own words.
1. Ancestor
2. Trait
3. Population
4. Natural Selection
5. Artificial Selection
6. Variation
7. Environmental Pressure
8. Heredity

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Ancestor- Someone that you have descended from. Typically someone you are distantly related to.

Trait- A quality or characteristic specific to a person.

Population- The number of people in an area.

Natural selection- The process where organisms adapt to their environment (this theory was first studied by Charles Darwin).

Artificial Selection- a process used in breeding animals or cultivating plants.

Variation- A change or difference in something.

Environmental pressure- Things that cause the environment to change.

Heredity- Physical or mental characteristics passed on to offspring.

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