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Ecology
Survival
Behavior
Relation Natural
-ships Selection
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The process by which an
organism changes over time.
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What is evolution?
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Finches have evolved with this
adaptation to fill specific niches
on the Galapagos Islands.
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What is beak design?
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The balance between plants,
animals, and abiotic factors in an
ecosystem.
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What is homeostasis?
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The main reason the Galapagos
Islands are an excellent place to
study natural selection.
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What is isolation?
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A characteristic, a behavior, or
any inherited trait that helps a
species “fit-in,” survive, or thive
in a particular environment.
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What is an adaptation?
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The role or function of an
organism within a habitat.
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What is niche?
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Nonliving factors of an
ecosystem that influence species’
survival.
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What is an abiotic factor?
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A group of organisms whose
offspring can breed & have
offspring like themselves.
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What is species?
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The scientific study of how living
things interact with each other
and their environment.
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What is ecology?
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A factor or condition that
prevents the continuing growth
of a population in an ecosystem.
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What is a limiting factor?
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The human factor that
contributed to the increase in the
dark peppered moth population
in England.
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What is industrial pollution?
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Two main reasons animals
migrate.
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What are food and reproduction.
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The three main methods of seed
dispersal.
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What are animal, wind, & water
dispersal?
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Organisms best suited to their
environment survive and
reproduce at a higher rate. This
idea of survival of the fittest is
known as:
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What is Natural Selection?
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A change in an organism’s
genetic material that can cause a
new variation to occur.
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What is genetic mutation?
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The regular movement of animals
from one location to another.
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What is migration?
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Migration that occurs without
guidance or previous experience
is:
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What is instinctive?
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Changes such as daylight hours,
temperature, and diminishing
food supplies that trigger the
migration of animals are
signals.
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What is external?
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Most animal’s migratory routes
and survival behaviors are
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What is learned?
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The interaction between
individuals from two different
species that live closely together.
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What is symbiosis?
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Animals hunting together is an
example of:
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What is cooperation?
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The interaction between two
species that benefits both is:
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What is mutualism?
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A relationship between two
species in which one species
benefits while the other is
harmed.
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What is parasitism?
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The interaction that benefits one
species while the other is not
affected.
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What is commensalism?
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Two different species living
together in close relationship is:
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What is symbiosis?
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Intentionally breeding two fast
horses together.
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What is artificial selection?
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An inherited trait that gives an
organism an advantage in a
specific environment.
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What is adaptation?
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Finches on one of the Galapagos
Islands have thin beaks for
capturing insects. Finches on
another island have short, heavy
beaks for pecking trees. This is a
result of:
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What is natural selection?
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When the number of plants,
animals, and abiotic factors in an
ecosystem is balanced, this is
called:
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What is homeostasis?
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Individuals with a particular
adaptation become more likely to
survive long enough to
reproduce. This is an example
of:
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What is natural selection?
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