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RChapter 1 Section 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Domain | In a modern taxonomic system, the broadest category; the category that contains kingdoms |
| Kingdom | In a traditional taxonomic system, the highest category; the category that contains a group of similar phyla |
| Ecology | The study of interactions between organisms and other living and nonliving components of their enviornment |
| Ecosystem | A community of organisms and their abiotic enviornment |
| Evolution | A heritible change in the characteristics within a population from one generation to the next; the developmant of new types of organisms from pre existing types of organisms over time |
| Natural Selection | The process by which individuals are better adapted to their enviornment, survive, and reproduce more sucessfully than less well adapted individuals do; a theory to explain the mechanism of evolution |
| Adaptation | The process of becoming adapted to an enviornment; an anotomical, physiological, or behavioral trait that imporves an organism's ability to survive and reproduce |