Eoc Review Flashcards
Organisms inability to respond to environment results in
Extinction
Microorganisms
Play critical roles in maintenance and disruption of the health of both individuals and entire ecosystems
Beneficial bacteria roles
Put nutrients back into soil for plants, nitrogen fixation, medicines and vitamins
Ecological succession
Building or rebuilding a community over time
Ecosystem
Mix of all biotic and abiotic things conditions and interactions in an area
Species
Organisms that have similar characteristics and can breed with each other
Population
Organisms of the same species that live in a particular area and make up a breeding group
Toxins grow going up a food pyramid
Biomagnification
Biotic potential
A populations growth rate under ideal conditions
Natural selection
Organisms with certain traits survive and reproduce
Charles darwin
Proposed natural selection
Genetic drift
Change in a gene pool caused by chance that decrease genetic variation
Gene flow
Changes in a gene pool caused by migration( immigration increases genetic variation and emigration decreases genetic variation
Mutation
Change in gene pool caused by a change in the DNA sequence of a gamete that increases genetic variation
Biogeography
Species that live in the same area are more closely related
Anatomical homology
Structural similarities with different functions
Molecular homology
Chromosomal similarities