Natural Selection - The process by which certain heritable traits that contribute to the survival and reproductive success of an organism become more widespread within a population over successive generations.⏎
Nanometer - A unit of length equal to one one-billionth (1 x 10-9) of a meter.⏎
Protein - Large molecules composed of one or more chains of amino acids in a specific order determined by the base sequence of nucleotides in the DNA coding.⏎
Reproduction - The process by which parent organisms create new offspring by either sexual or asexual means.⏎
Organism - A living being that can reproduce, grow, react to external stimuli, and maintain its internal equilibrium.⏎