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Biology vocab test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adaptation | heritable characteristics that increase an organisms ability to survive and reproduce in an environment |
| Biology | scientific study of life |
| Cell | basic unit of all forms of life |
| Community | assemblage of different populations that live together in a different area |
| Competition | the activity or condition of competing |
| Ecosystem | all the organisms that live in a place together with their nonliving environment |
| Evolution | change over time; the process by which modern organisms have descended from ancient organisms |
| Homeostasis | relatively constant internal physical and chemical conditions that organisms maintain |
| Natural Selection | process by which organisms that are most suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called survival of the fittest |
| Population | groups of individuals of the same species that live in the same area |
| Symbiosis | relationship in which two species live close together |
| Heredity | the passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another |
| Metabolism | the combination of chemical reactions through which an organism builds up or breaks down materials |
| Climate | average year-to-year conditions of temperature and precipitation in an area over a long period of time |
| Habitat | area in which an organism lives, including the biotic and abiotic factors that affect it |