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Biodiversity Science Vocab Flashcards

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Species

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Living things of the same kind that are able to reproduce successfully

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Ecosystem

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An environment where living things interact with other organism and non living things

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Population

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Group of individuals of the same species living in an area

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Community

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Group of populations from different species living In an area

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Diversity

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Variation of living things present in a particular ecosystem

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Genus

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A category in a classification of living things. More general than species but more specific than family

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Kingdom

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One of the five or six main categories in the current classification system of living things

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Symbiosis

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Relationship between two different species

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Commensalism

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Relationship between species where one benefits and the other isn’t harm not benefiting

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Mutualism

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Relationship between species where both are benefiting

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Parasitism

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Relationship between species where one benefits and the other is harmed

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Interspecies competition

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Two or more species using the same limited resource

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Niche

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The role of an diva isn’t or species in an environment including where it lives, how it reproduces and their interactions with other organisms

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Resource partitioning

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Division of a resource among 2 or more coexisting species such that the niche of species differs slightly

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Variability

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Variations with a species

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Natural selection

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Process where environment selects which individuals will survive and reproduce

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Heritable

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Passed down from generation to generation

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Non heritable

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Not passed down from generation to generation

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Discrete variation

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Variation

Ex being albino or not

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Continuous variation

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Variation in a heritable characteristic that falls within range like height

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Asexual reproduction

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Reproduction without combination of sec cells causing identical offspring and parent

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Binary fission

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A kind of asexual reproduction in organisms which a parent cell divided exactly in two identical cells

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Budding

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A type of asexual reproduction where new organisms develops from outgrowth, or bud, on the planet

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Spores

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Cells produced by asexual reproduction in certain organisms such as ferns, which can develop directly into an adult

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Vegetative reproduction

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Asexual reproduction in plants that doesn’t involve the formation of a seed

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Sexual reproduction

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Reproduction involving the exchange in genetics through offspring that is genetically different from parents

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Gametes

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Sex cell either female or male that combines with a fertilized cell ( zygote) creating a new person

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Sperm cells

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A make sex cell

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Egg cells ( ova )

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Female sex cell

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Fertilization

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The combination of the female and male sex cell

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Zygote

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A fertilized egg

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Cleavage

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First divisons of a fertilized egg

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Embryo

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An undeveloped organism in its beginning stages

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Pollen

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Fine yellow powder on the anthers of flowers consisting of grains that contain make sex cells (gametes)

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Stamen

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The male part of a flower

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Anther

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Part of the stamen that produces pollen and stores it

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Ovules

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Sac containing the female sex cells (gametes) of a plant

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Pistil

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Female reproductive organ of a flowe

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Stigma

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Female part of a flier, which receives pollen

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Style

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The structure that supports the stigma and connects it with the ovary of a plant

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Ovary

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Female reproductive organ in which egg cells are produced, in plants the structure contains the ovules

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Pollination

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The transfer of pollen from anther to stigma

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