Generation, organisms of the SAME SPECIES that are at the SAME level of descent from a common ancestor, Natural Selection, process by which organisms with FAVORABLE traits produce MORE SUCCESSFUL offspring than with less favorable traits, causing the favorable traits to become MORE COMMON in the population, Population, a GROUP of interacting INDIVIDUALS of the SAME SPECIES located in the SAME AREA, Genetic Variation, the reproductive process involving two parents whose genetic material is combined to produce a NEW organism DIFFERENT from themselves, Fitness, the ability of an organism to SURVIVE and REPRODUCE, Species, a GROUP of ORGANISMS with similar characteristics that are able to breed and produce offspring, Adaptive Divergence, NEW SPECIES that form as a result of adaptations to different environments that all originated from a common ancestor, Overproduction, if a species produces more offspring than the environment can support, many of the offspring will not survive into adulthood, Competition, more than one individual or population in an ecosystem that RELIES ON THE SAME limited resources, Adaptation, process by which a population becomes better suited to its environment, Trait, a CHARACTERISTIC of an organism that can be genetic or acquire

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