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16 Cards in this Set
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Ecosystem
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eco: house
system: ordered parts in a whole |
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domains
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major subdivisions of all organisms:
Bacteria Archaea Eukarya |
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kingdoms
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System of grouping organisms divides all life into six major categories
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Name the six kingdoms
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Animalia
Plantae Fungi Protista Archaea Bacteria |
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name the kingdom in the Eukarya domain
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Animalia
Plantae Fungi Protista |
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name the kingdom in the Archaea domain
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Archaea
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name the kingdom in the Bacteria domain
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Bacteria
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Ecology
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Branch of biology that studies organisms interacting with each other and with the environment.
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Ecosystems
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Communities of living species and their physical environments.
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Evolution
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Is the process in which the inherited characteristics within populations change over generations, such that genetically distinct populations and new species can develop
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Natural Selection
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Theory where organisms have certrain favorable traits are better able to survive and reproduce successfully than organisms that lack these traits.
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Adaptations
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Traits that improve an individual's ability to survive and reproduce.
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Name three unifying themes found in biology
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1. Diversity and Unity of Life
2. The interdependence of living organisms. 3. Evolution of Life |
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What is the Tree of Life?
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Is a model of the relationships by ancestry among organisms. All living things share certain genes, yet no two types of organisms have the same full sets of genes.
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How are organisms interdependant?
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Organisms depend on each other as well as on minerals, nutrients, water, gases, heat and other elements of their physical surroundings.
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What is the difference between Evolution and Natural Selection?
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Evolution is the change of something over time. Natural Selection is when animals with better traits are better able to survive and then reproduce.
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