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| no selection, no mutation, large population, no migration, random mating |
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| change within a species ex. dog breeds |
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| low infant mortality rates |
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| a group of populations that is capable of interbreeding and that doe not normally interbred with other groups of populations |
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| the max pop. size for a species that an enviro. can sustain |
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| a biological assemblage of different populations of various species at a given time and place |
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| genetic variance, something goes wrong during meiosis |
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| geographic isolation of a population |
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| two species prefer same food and habitat |
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| species prefer similar foods, but are at geographically diff. places |
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| maintains community structure/diversity by keeping species in check that might outcompete other species. ex. barnacles overgrow mussels, but starfish eat barnacles |
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| type III survivorship many offspring, little-no parental input |
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| type I survivorship, much parental care with less offspring |
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| effects are more severe when population is very dense ex. disease |
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| organisms evolve to make maximum use of a resource by sharing it. example- feeding at different levels in a forest. |
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| A factor that affects the size of a population regardless of the population density. ex. climate |
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| co-exist- use diff. niches |
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| sun (10000 kcal) ->hawk (.1 kcal) |
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| organization of biological hierarchy |
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| kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
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| in the haplobiontic life cycle, meiosis occurs in .... |
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| In the gametic life cycle, meiosis occurs in the .... |
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| in the diplobiontic life cycle, mitosis occurs during... |
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| in the haplodiplobiontic life cycle, gametes (eggs and sperm) form by.... |
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| In the plant life cycle, the gametophyte is... |
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| A ____ results in the fusion of gametes |
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| membrane around the vertebrate embryo that protects the embryo and retains fluid until hatching or birth |
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| a geographic area that is rich in endemic species and designated for conservation efforts |
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| a gait of an animals thats legs are out to the side |
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| characterized by extremeophiles that live in environments characterized by high heat or salinity. |
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| concentration of sensory organs and brain at one end of animal |
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| a graphic, visual way of showing the evolutionary lineages of organisms |
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| study of the classification of organisms |
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| a catastrophic loss of many species in a very short period of geological time |
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| the goal of modern taxonomy is to---- |
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| classify all organisms based on morphological characteristics |
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| classic approach, homologous characteristics |
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| shared derived characteristics |
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| assigns a numerical value to characteristics and disregards homology |
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