Chapter 3 Evolution, Biodiversity And Population Ecology

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Species

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A particular type of organism, or population or group of population whose members share certain characteristics and freely breed.

Hint 1

Think of the Human __________

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Population

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A group of individuals of a particular species that live in the same area

Hint 2

Think of the amount of people in one area in a city having a ________________ number.

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Community

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Made up of multiple interacting species that live in the same area

Hint 3

Not to be mixed up with population but more so more specifically, organisms working together in one area as a ________________.

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Ecosystem

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Communities and the abiotic material and forces with which their members interact.

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Habitat

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Consists of the living and non living elements around it, including rock, soil, humidity, plant life and more.

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The specific place an organism lives in

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Niche

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Reflects the use of resources and it's functional role in a community.

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Where the organsim, eats, breeds, sleeps and how that specific place contributes to the community around them.

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Evolution

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Means change over time, consists of genetic change in a population of organisms across multiple generations.

Hint 7

Not to be confused with adaptation but to ______________ over time

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Natural Selection

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Process of which inherited characteristics that enhance survival and reproduction are passed on more frequently to future genrations than those that do not

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Adaptation

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A trait that promotes succession

Hint 9

An organsim must _______ to survive.

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Mutation

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The alteration in our DNA some can be beneficial and others can be deadly.

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Biodiversity

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Refers to the variety of life across all levels of biological organization including the diversity of species, their genes, their populations and their communities.

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Speciation

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New species are generated

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Phylogenetic Tree

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Cladograms, tree like diagrams that represent history of divergence within a species.

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Extinction

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The disappearance of a species from Earth

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KT Mass Extinction

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When a species or several species dies out at an accelerating rate within their environments.

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Sort of like the extinction of the Dinosaurs

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Ecology

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The study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environments

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Biosphere

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The cumulative of total living things on Earth and the areas they inhabit.