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16 Cards in this Set
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Biotic Factor |
A living part of an organism's habitat |
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Abiotic Factor |
A non-living part of an organism's habitat |
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Populations |
All the members of one species in a particular area |
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Community |
All the defferent populations that live together in an area |
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Ecosystem |
The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their non-living surroundings |
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Ecology |
The studey of how living things interact with each other and their environment |
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Habitat |
An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce |
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Organism |
A living thing |
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Species |
A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce |
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Natural Selection |
A process by which character istics that make an individual better suited to its environment become more common in a species |
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Adaptations |
A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment |
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Symobiosis |
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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Parasitsm |
A relationshp in which one organism lives on or in a host and harms it |
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Predation |
An interaction in which one organism kills another for food |
