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Chapter 1.2
biology chapter 1.2 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Domain | in a modern taxonomic system, the broadcast catagory; the catagory that contains kingdoms |
| Kingdom | in a traditional taxonomic system, the highest taxonomic catagory; which contains a group of similar phyla |
| Ecology | the study of interactions between organisms and other living and nonliving components of their enviroment |
| Ecosystem | a community of organisms and their abiotic enviroment |
| Evolution | a heritable change in the characteristics within the population from one generation to the next; the development of new types or organisms from prexisting types of organisms over time |
| Natural Selection | the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their enviroment 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 enviroment; an anatomical, physicological, or behavoral, trait that improves an organisms ability to survive and reproduce |