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Biogeograpgic range
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The expected geographic range of an organism, based on its habitat requirements.
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Bipedal
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Two-footed rather than four footed.
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Consumers
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Orangisms that must ingest nutrients because they cannot manufacture their own.
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Cranium
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Brain case, or skull.
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Cyanobacteria
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Blue-green, photosynthetic bacteria.
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Detritus
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Loose fragments of organic and inorganic matter obtained from decomposition and weathering.
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Ecology
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The study of the relationships among and between living and nonliving portions of the environment.
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Natural selection
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A natural process that favors individuals better adapted to the environment, ensuring those traits are passed to the next generation.
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Opposable thumb
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A thumb that can move across the other four digits.
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Percolation
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Filitration through a porous substance.
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Producers
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Organisms that create their own nutrients from inorganic substances; mainly green plants.
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Secretion
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In this sense, moving substances from blood to the forming urine in the kidneys.
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Sexual dimorphism
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Morphological differences between the two genders.
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Stereoscopic vision
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Three-dimensional vision created by two slightly different views superimposed on one another.
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