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22 Cards in this Set
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Living things of the same kind that are able to reproduce succesfully
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Species
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Group of individuals of the same species living in an area
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Population
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A group of populations of different species living in the same area
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Community
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A particular environment where living things interact with other living things and non living things
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Ecosystem
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A category in the classification of living things, more general than a species, but more specific than a family
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Genus
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The variety of species and ecosystems on earth and the ecological processes of which they are part
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Biological Diversity
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One of five or six main categories in the current classification of living things
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Kingdom
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A major category in the classification of living things, more general than a class, but more specific than a kingdom
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Phyla
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A category in the classification of living things, more general than an order, but more specific than a phylum
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Class
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A category in the classification of living things, more general than a family, but more specific than a class
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Order
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A category in the classification of living things, more general than a genus, but more specific than an order
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Family
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The relationship between two different species
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Symbiosis
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The relationship between species in which one species benefits, and the other species neither benefits nor is harmed
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Commensalism
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The relationship between species in which both species benefit
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Mutualism
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The relationship between species in which one species benefits and the other species is harmed
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Parasitism
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The role of an organism or species in an ecosystem, including where it lives, what it eats, how it reproduces, and how it interacts with other living and non living things
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Niche
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Two or more species using the same limited resource
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Interspecies Competition
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Variations within a species
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Variability
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Division of a resource among two or more coexisting species such that the niche of each species differs slightly
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Resource Partitioning
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A process in which the environment selects which individuals will survive and reproduce
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Natural Selection
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An object that is not or was ever alive
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Abiotic
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An object that was or is alive
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Biotic
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