Organisms and their Environment Flashcards
This is the geographical area where a particular species can be found
range
This is a set of optimal environmental conditions with successful photosynthesis, growth, survival and reproduction that shows how a species fits in am ecosystem
niche
This is an environmental condition that constrains an organisms rate of growth, survival or reproduction
stress
Name reasons for limits to a species environment
lack of resources, competition, predation
What does DNA mean?
deoxyribonucleic
acid
The process by which individuals whith better adapted characteristics tend to survive and reproduce more successful than others
natural selection
This is when a species gradually becomes different from its ancestors overtime
evolution
This largely determines which species can persist in a unique abiotic conditions of an area
environment