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Chapter 1, Section 2
Themes in Biology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| in a modern taxonomic system, the broadest category; the category that contains kingdoms | domain |
| in a traditional taxonomic system, the highest taxonomic category, which contains a group of similar phyla | kingdom |
| ecology | the branch of biology that studies organisms interacting with each other and with the environment |
| ecosystems | communities of living species and their physical environments |
| a heritable change in the charactreristics within a population from one generation to the next; the developement of new types of organisms from preexisting types of organisms over time | evolution |
| 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 | natural selection |
| adaptations | traits that improve an idividual's ability to survive and reproduce |