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Organism

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An Individual living thing

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Community

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A group of various species that live in the same place and interact with each other.

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Biotic Factor

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Living or once living part of an ecosystem

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Natural Selection

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Unequal survival and reproduction that results from the presence or absence of certain traits

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Ecosystem

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All the organisms living in an area and their physical environment

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Evolution

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Change in the genetic characteristics of a population from one generation to the next.

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Population

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All members of the same species that live in the same place at the same time

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Abiotic factor

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Nonliving part of an ecosystem

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Resistance

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Ability of one or more organisms to tolerate a particular chemical designed to kill it

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Species

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Group of organisms that are closely related and that can mate to produce fertile offspring

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Which kingdoms can produce their OWN food?

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Protests and Plants

12
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The chihuahua exists because of

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Natural selection

13
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Domains

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Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya

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Kingdoms of Eukarya

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Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Anamalia

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Fungi are important because…

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They break down nutrients

16
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Plants, fungi, and bacteria have…

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Cell walls

17
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Eukaryotes all have…

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Nuclei