Question | Answer |
Biotic Factor | An environmental factor that is associated with or results from the activities of living organisms |
Abiotic Factor | Describes the nonliving part of the environment, including water, rocks, light, and temperature |
Biosphere | The part of the Earth where life exists |
Ecosystem | A community of organisms and their abiotic environment |
Community | A group of various species that live in the same habitat and ineract with each other |
Species | A group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring |
Population | A group of organisms of the same species that live in a specific geographical area and interbreed |
Organism | A living thing, anything that can carry out life processes independently |
Habitat | The place where an organism usually lives |
Natrual Selection | The process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce more successfully than less well adapted individuals do |
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 types over time |
Adaptation | The process of becoming adapted to an environment; an anatomical, physiological, or behavioral change that improves a population's ability to survive |
Artifical Selection | The selective breeding of organisms (by humans) for speicific desirable characterisitics |
Resistance | The ability of an organism to tolerate a chemical or disease-causing agent |
Archaebacteria | A kingdom made up of prokaryotes that are distinguished from other prokaryotes by differences in their genetics and in the makeup of their cell wall |
Eubacteria | A kingdom made up of all prokaryotes except those in Archaebacteria |
Fungus | A kingdom that contains organisms whose cells have nuclei, rigid cell walls, and no cholorphyll |
Protist | A diverse group of one-celled organisms and their many-celled relatives |
Gymnosperm | A woody vascular seed plant whose seeds are not enclosed by an ovary or fruit |
Angiosperm | A flowering plant that produces seeds within a fruit |
Invertebrate | An animal that does not have a backbone |
Vertebrate | An animal that has a backbone; includes mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish |
Hereditary | Meaning passed from parent to offspring |
Coevolution | Process by which two species evolve in response to long-term interactions with each other |