Biodvercity Flashcards

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Biodiversity

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Animals in a certain habitat

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Extinction

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All members of a species die off

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Species

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An organism with similar traits which can reproduce

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Taxonomy

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The classification of living things by traits

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Trait

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A quality that separates one organism from another

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Invasive !

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Organisms that are not native and have negative effects on the ecosystem.

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species

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a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.

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Natural selection

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Better adapted organisms tend to survive and pass on useful traits to their offspring.

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Adaptation

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How organisms survive

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Camouflage

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The ability to blend into the environment

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mimicry

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A type of camouflage where a creature looks like something else.

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Organisms

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An individual living thing

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Ecosystem

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All living things and non-living thing in an envirment

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Biotic factors

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as any living component that affects another organism or shapes the ecosystem.

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Abiotic factors

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a nonliving condition or thing, as climate or habitat, that influences or affects an ecosystem and the organisms in it:

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Symbiosis

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interaction between two different organisms living in close physical contact.

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Mutualism

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the symbiosis that is beneficial to both organisms involved.

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Parasitism

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infestation by a parasite.

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Predation

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the preying of one animal on others.