Evolution
Small changes to a species over a long period of time.
Natural selection
Nature chooses which organisms in a population get to live or die.
Exponential Reproduction Growth Rate
A growth pattern that doubles every time an organism reproduces.
Binary Fission
A type of asexual reproduction that involves the organism dividing in half. The offspring organism has an EXACT copy of DNA and the parent organism.
Asexual Reproduction
Reproduction of organisms that does NOT require a male and female parent. Offspring (Children) DNA is an EXACT copy of the parent’s DNA.
Antibiotic Resistance
Bacteria that can NOT be killed by most or all of antibiotic medications.
Exponential Graph
Nonlinear slope (line) that starts flat and then curves UP sharply.
Logarithmic Graph
Nonlinear slope (line) that curves down sharply and then flattens out.