🐇 Natural selection: who survives?

Unit 2 · Matter, forces & life · 10 min

Individuals of a species differ. Those better suited to their environment survive and reproduce more, passing traits on. Over many generations the trait becomes common. Example: white rabbits in snow are harder for wolves to spot.

Words in this lesson

• 进化 (jìnhuà) — evolution
• 适应 (shìyìng) — adaptation

Project: Scatter 20 coloured paper bits on green paper and 20 on white; give a friend 10 seconds to pick them up and see which colours are left.