Question | Answer |
Energy | from the sun |
Species | look alike and produce fertile offspring |
Habitat | includes both biotic and abiotic, where an organism lives, meets all of organisms needs |
Community | all living things in an area |
Resistance | genes to protect organisms, works against insecticides, unintentional artificial selection |
Coevolution | 2 species changing in response to each other |
Example | animals depend on angiosperms for food, angiosperms rely on animals for pollination |
Evolution | change in genetic characteristics in a population from one generation to the next |
Adaptation | inherited trait, increases chances of reproduction |
Natural Selection | organisms with beneficial traits survive and reproduce |
Artificial Selection | collies, humans breed organisms for specific traits |
Classification | 6 kingdoms |
Eubacteria | most bacteria, no nucleus, E. coli |
Invertebrates | no backbone |
Gymnosperms | plant with no fruits, ex: |
Fungi | yeasts, athletes foot |
Protists | malaria |
Nitrogen Fixation | Bacteria change nitrogen into a form usable by plants |
Producer | seaweed, phytoplankton, kelp |
Biotic | Living |
Abiotic | nonliving |
Decomposer | bacteria and fungi, bread down dead organisms |
Population | members of the same species living in the same place at the same time. |
Cell Walls | bacteria, fungi, plants |