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13 Cards in this Set
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ecosystem |
all of the organisms living in a area together with their physical environment. |
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Biotic Factors |
are living and once living parts of an ecosystem, including all of the plants and animals. |
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organism |
an individual living thing |
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species |
is a group of organisms that can mate to produce fertile offspring. |
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population |
is all members of the same species that live in the same place at the same time |
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Abiotic factors |
are nonliving parts of the ecosystem |
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communtiy |
a group of various species that live in the same and interact with each other. |
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habitat |
all organisms live in particular places. |
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natural selection |
to describe the survival and reproduction of organisms |
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evolution |
a change in the genetic characteristics of a population from one generation to the next is known. |
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adaptation |
an inherited trait that increases an organism chance of survival and reproduction in a certain environment. |
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artificial selection |
the selective breeding of organisms by humans for specific characteristics |
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resistance |
is the ability of one or more organisms to tolerate a particular chemical designed to kill it |
