Chapter 4 Flashcards
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biotic factors
all of the organisms-animals, plants, fungi, bacteria of an environment
Ecosystem
all of the organisms living in an area together with their physical environment
Abiotic factors
All the nonliving parts of an environment
organism
An individual living thing
species
k A group of organisms that can mate to produce fertile offspring.
population
A group of the same species in the same place
community
A group of various species that live in the same place
habitat
The place an organism lives
natural selection
The process by which individuals that have favorable varieties and are better adapted to their environment survive and reproduce
evolution
A change in characteristics from one generation to the next
adaptation
The process of becoming adopted to environment
artificial selection
The selective breeding of organisms for specific characteristics
coevolution
Process of two species evolving in response to each other
mutualistic coevolution
Both organisms benefit from each other
resistance
Ability of one or more organisms to tolerate a chemical designed to kill it
archaea
A unicellular organism that lives in extreme places such as Hot Springs
bacteria
Very common unicellular organisms found in many places such as soil or animal bodies
fungi
In organism whose cells have nuclei and cell walls
protists
Diverse group of unicellular and multicellular organisms
gymnosperms
We weedy plants that produce seeds but their seeds aren’t fruits
angiosperm
A flowering plant that produces seeds and fruit
invertebrates
Animals that lack a backbone
vertebrates
Animals that have a backbone
