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EP Chapter 4
Ch 4 EP
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Energy | from the sun |
| Species | look alike and produce fertile offspring |
| Habitat | includes both biotic and abiotic, where an organism lives, meets all of organisms needs |
| Community | all living things in an area |
| Resistance | genes to protect organisms, works against insecticides, unintentional artificial selection |
| Coevolution | 2 species changing in response to each other |
| Example | animals depend on angiosperms for food, angiosperms rely on animals for pollination |
| Evolution | change in genetic characteristics in a population from one generation to the next |
| Adaptation | inherited trait, increases chances of reproduction |
| Natural Selection | organisms with beneficial traits survive and reproduce |
| Artificial Selection | collies, humans breed organisms for specific traits |
| Classification | 6 kingdoms |
| Eubacteria | most bacteria, no nucleus, E. coli |
| Invertebrates | no backbone |
| Gymnosperms | plant with no fruits, ex: |
| Fungi | yeasts, athletes foot |
| Protists | malaria |
| Nitrogen Fixation | Bacteria change nitrogen into a form usable by plants |
| Producer | seaweed, phytoplankton, kelp |
| Biotic | Living |
| Abiotic | nonliving |
| Decomposer | bacteria and fungi, bread down dead organisms |
| Population | members of the same species living in the same place at the same time. |
| Cell Walls | bacteria, fungi, plants |