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Domain |
def: the three main branches of biology |
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Kingdom |
def: another smaller system of organizing organisms that divides all life into six major catergories |
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Ecology |
def: the branch of biology that studies interacting with each other and with the environment |
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Ecosystem |
def: communities of living species |
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Evolution |
def: the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth |
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Natural Selection |
def: the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring. The theory of its action was first fully expounded by Charles Darwin and is now believed to be the main process that brings about evolution |
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Adaptation |
def: a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment |
