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Chapter 1-2
Section 2 of chapter 1 Themes in Biology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Domain | In a modern texonomic system, the broadest category; the categorythat contains kingdoms. |
| Kingdom | in a traditional taxonomic system, the highest taxonomic category, which contains a group of similar phyla. |
| Ecology | The study of interactions between organisms and the other living and nonliving compponents of their environment. |
| Ecosystem | A comunity of organisms and their abiotic environment. |
| 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 of organisms over time. |
| Natural Selection | the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals do; a theory to explain the mechanism of evolution |
| Adaption | The process of becoming adapted to an environment; an anatomical, physiological, or behavioral trait that improves an organism's ability to survive and reproduce. |