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22 Cards in this Set
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Species |
A group of similar organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring. |
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Population |
All the members of a species that live in a particular area. |
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Community |
All the different that live together in a particular area. |
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Ecosystem |
All the living and nonliving things that interact with each other in their environment. |
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Biome |
A group of ecosystems with similar climates and organisms. |
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Ecology |
the study of how living things interact with each other and the environment. |
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Habitat |
The place where an organism lives and provides the things it needs to survive. |
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Biotic factors |
All the living parts of an ecosystem. |
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Abiotic factors |
All the nonliving parts of an ecosystem. |
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Natural selection |
Process by which organisms that are better adapted to their environment and are more likely to survive and reproduce. |
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Adaptation |
The behaviors and physical characteristics of a species that allow them to live successfully in their environment. |
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Niche |
An organisms particular role in an ecosystem or how it makes its living. |
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Competition |
The struggle between organisms for the limited resources in a habitat. |
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Predatation |
An interaction in which one organism kills and eats the other. |
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Predator |
The organism that does the killing In predatation. |
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Prey |
The organism that is killed in predatation. |
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Symbiosis |
A close relationship between two species that benefits at least one of the species. |
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Mutualism |
A relationship between two species in which both species benefit. |
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Commensalism |
A relationship between two species in which one species benefits and the other is neither helped nor harmed. |
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Parasitism |
A close relationship in which one organism lives on or in another organism and harms it. |
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Host |
The organism the parasite lives on or in. |
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Parasite |
The organism that benefits from parasitism. |
