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is an inherited trait that increases an organisms chance of survival
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adaptation
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is a group of organisms that can mate to produce fertile offspring
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species
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ability of one or more organisms to tolerate a particular chemical designed to kill it
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resistance
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nonliving parts of an ecosystem (air, water, rocks, light, temp)
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abiotic factors
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are animals that have a back bone
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vertabraes
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is a flowering plant that produces seeds and fruit
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angiosperm
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organisms that can not make their own food
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animals
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often found in extreme places such as hot springs
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archaebacteria
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selective breeding for specific characteristics
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artificial selection
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are livings things and once living parts of an ecosystem including all of the plants and animals
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biotic factors
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is all of the various species that live in the same place and interact with each other
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community
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is all of the organisms living in an area together
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ecosystem
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is a skeleton inside the body (like ours)
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endoskeleton
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more common and live in soil and animal bodies
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eubacteria
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is a change in genetic characteristics from one generation the the next generation
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evolution
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skeleton that is outside the body (crunchy roach)
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exoskeleton
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organisms whose cells have nuclei and cell walls (mushrooms and yeast)
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fungus
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is a place where organisms live
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habitat
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produces seeds not inclosed in fruit
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gymnosperm
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are animals that dont have a back bone
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invertabraes
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is the way in which organisms survive and reproduce
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natural selection
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is an individual thing
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organisms
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many celled organisms that have cell walls and make their own food
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plant
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one celled organism most are microscopic (camoeba, diotomes, and algea)
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protis
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is all of the members of the same species that live in the same place at the same time
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population
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