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22 Cards in this Set
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Habitat
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The area where an organism lives, grows and develops
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Niche
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the job or role an organism plays in its habitat
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Adaptation
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any characteristic that helps and organism survive in its habitat
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Physical Adaptation
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a characteristic about an organism's physical structure that helps it to survive
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Behavioral Adaptation
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a characteristic about the way in which an organism behaves that helps it to survive
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Natural Selection
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theory that those oranisms better suited for the environment live to reproduce
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Symbiosis
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long-lasting relationship between two different kinds of organisms
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Parasitism
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relationship where one organisms (the parasite) benefits by living off of another organism (the host) which is harmed
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Commenaslism
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relationship where one organism benefits and the other is not affected
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Mutualism
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relationship where both organisms benefit
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Population
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all the member of the same species in an ecosystem
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Predator
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animals that hunt other animals
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Prey
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animals that are hunted by another animal
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Alien Species
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organism that is not native to an ecosystem
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Fossils
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the remains of dead plants and animals
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Perish
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to die
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Extinction
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when all members of a species die out
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mass extinction
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when several species become extinct at the same time
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Glaciers
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large sheets of ice
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Endangered Species
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species that are close to coming extinct
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Threatened Species
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Species that are close to becoming endangered
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Pollution
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the addition of harmful substance to the environment
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