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Themes in Biology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Domain | The category that contains kingdoms in a modern taxonomic system |
| Kingdom | a group of phyla in a traditional taxonomic system |
| Ecology | the studies of the interactions between organisms and the other living and non living components of their environment |
| Ecosystem | a community 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 typs 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 behavoral trait that improves an organism's ability to survive and reproduce |