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Section 1 ecosystem |
all of the organisms living in an area together with their physical environment. |
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Biotic factors |
living and once living parts of an ecosystem, including all off the plants and animals. |
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Abiotic factor |
non living parts of the ecosystem |
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Organism |
an individual living thing |
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species |
a group of organisms that can mate to produce fertile offspring |
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population |
all members of the same species that live in the same place at the same time |
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community |
a group of various species that live in the same place and interact with each other |
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habitat |
place an organism lives |
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Section 2 natural selection |
the survival and reproduction of organisms with particular traits |
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evolution |
a change in genetic characteristics of a population from one generation to the next |
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adaption |
inherited trait that increases an organism's chance of survival and reproduction in a certain environment |
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artificial selection |
selective breeding of organisms by humans for specific characteristics |
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resistance |
the ability of one or more organisms to tolerate a particular chemical designed to kill it |
