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Kesterson ES A2
Environmental Science A Unit 2 - Evolution & Populations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Inheritied trait that increases an organism's chance of survival and reproduction in a certain environment. | Adaptation |
| Selective breeding of organisms by humans for specific characteristics. | Artificial Selection |
| The largest population that an environment can support at any given time. | Carrying Capacity |
| Relationship between two organisms in which one benefits and the other is unaffected. | Commensalism |
| Relationship between two organisms in which bith attempt to use the same limited resource such that both are negatively affected. | Competition |
| Pattern od distribution of organisms in a population. | Dispersion |
| Hereditsry change in characterisitics with in a population from one generation to the next. | Evolution |
| Relationship between two organisms in which both benefit. | Mutualism |
| Survival and reproduction or organisms with particular traits. | Natural Selection |
| Unique position occupied by a species. | Niche |
| Relationship between two organisms in which one species benfits from another which is harmed. | Parasitism |
| Interaction between two organisms in which one kills and feeds on the other organism. | Predation |
| Ability of an organism to tolerate a particular chemical designed to kill it. | Resistance |
| Relationship in which two different organisms live in close association with each other. | Symbiosis |