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Stack #126022
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| spawning | a method of reproduction in fish, amphibians, mollusks and crustaceans in which eggs or sperm are deposited into water |
| canine | a sharptooth located on either side of both jaws |
| duodenum | the first section of the small intestine |
| transpiration | the process by which plants release water vapor into the air through stomata; |
| exoskeleton | a hard, external supporting structure that develops from the ectoderm |
| strata | layers of rock(sing, stratum) |
| microevolution | a change in the collective genetic material of a population |
| gene pool | all of the genes of the reproductively active members of a population |
| carrying capacity | the largest population that an environment can support at any given time |
| biomass | any organic material that has been produced in an ecosystem |
| dispersion | the pattern of distribution of oranisms in a population |
| gradualism | a model of evolution in which gradual change over a period of time leads to biological diversity |
| punctuated equilibrium | a model of evolution in which short periods of drastic change in species are seperated by long periods of little or no change |
| predation | a relationship between two species in which one species, the predator, feeds on the other species, the prey |
| predator | an individual of one species eats all or part of an individual of another species |
| prey | animal hunted or caught for food |
| ossification | the process of bone formation, in which connective tissues, such as cartilage are turned to bone or bone-like tissue |
| grafting | a technique in which a portion of one plant is attached to the root or shoot of another plant and grows there |
| hydrosphere | all the components of water present on the Earth, including bodies of water, water vapor, ice, etc. |