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ES Chap 4 Vocab
Vocabulary from Chapter 4, Karbler's BMA classes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Biotic Factor | An environmental factor that is associated with or results from the activities of living organisms |
| Abiotic Factor | Describes the nonliving part of the environment, including water, rocks, light, and temperature |
| Biosphere | The part of the Earth where life exists |
| Ecosystem | A community of organisms and their abiotic environment |
| Community | A group of various species that live in the same habitat and ineract with each other |
| Species | A group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring |
| Population | A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area and interbreed |
| Organism | A living thing, anything that can carry out life processes independently |
| Habitat | The place where an organism usually lives |
| Natrual Selection | The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals do |
| Evolution | A heritable change in the characteristics within a population from one generation to the next; the development of new types of organisms from preexisting types over time |
| Adaptation | The process of becoming adapted to an environment; an anatomical, physiological, or behavioral change that improves a population's ability to survive |
| Artifical Selection | The selective breeding of organisms (by humans) for speicific desirable characterisitics |
| Resistance | The ability of an organism to tolerate a chemical or disease-causing agent |
| Archaebacteria | A kingdom made up of prokaryotes that are distinguished from other prokaryotes by differences in their genetics and in the makeup of their cell wall |
| Eubacteria | A kingdom made up of all prokaryotes except those in Archaebacteria |
| Fungus | A kingdom that contains organisms whose cells have nuclei, rigid cell walls, and no cholorphyll |
| Protist | A diverse group of one-celled organisms and their many-celled relatives |
| Gymnosperm | A woody vascular seed plant whose seeds are not enclosed by an ovary or fruit |
| Angiosperm | A flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit |
| Invertebrate | An animal that does not have a backbone |
| Vertebrate | An animal that has a backbone; includes mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish |
| Hereditary | Meaning passed from parent to offspring |
| Coevolution | Process by which two species evolve in response to long-term interactions with each other |
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