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13 Cards in this Set
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Ecosystem |
all of the organisms living in an area together with their physical enviroment |
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Biotic Factors |
the living and once living parts of an organism |
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Abiotic Factors |
The non-living parts of an ecosystem |
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Organism |
An individual living thing |
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Species |
A group of organisms that can mate to produce fertile offspring |
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Population |
All the members of the same species that live in the same place at the same time |
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Community |
A group of various species that live in the same place and interact with each other |
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Habitat |
The place an organism lives |
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Natural Selection |
The survival and reproduction of organisms with particular traits |
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Evolution |
A change in the genetic characteristics of a population from one generation to the next |
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Adaption |
An inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of survival and reproduction in a certain enviroment |
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Artificial Selection |
The selective breeding of organisms by humans for specific characteristics
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Resistance |
The ability of one or more organisms to tolerate a particular chemical designed to kill it |
