Evolution

• Fossils

  The remains or marks of dead plant and animals from a long time ago (e.g dinosaur bones are fossils)
• Evolution

  The way that living things change over time
• Species

  A group or similar living thing that can have babies together (e.g dogs are a type of species)
• Genes

  instructions inside a living thing that decide what it looks like (e.g genes decide hair colour)
• Adaptation

  A feature of a living thing that helps it survive ( e.g polar bears have this fur to stay warm)
• Mutation

  a change in gene (e.g some mutations cause new trait, like different coloured fur)
• Selective Breeding

  Humans choosing animals or plants with certain traits to bread together ( e.g farmers bread cows to give more milk)
• Natural selection

  A process where the best adapted species survive and have babies (e.g faster cheetahs catch more food so they survive)
• Biodiversity

  The variety of living things in the world (e.g rain forest haves high biodiversity)
• Survival of the fittest

  Only the best adapted living things survive ( e.g camouflage animals avoid predators better)
• Competition

  when living things fight for resources like (e.g lions complete for prey)
• Variation

  Differences between living things in the same species (e.g some giraffes have longer necks than others)
• Extinction

  When a species our completely (e.g dinosaurs are extinct)
• Inherited

  Traits passed from a parent to offspring through genes (e.g eye colour is inherited)
• Environment

  The place where living thing live (e.g rain forest are an environment)